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ANNUAL REPORT
ADJUTANT-GENERAL,
Commonbealtj) of Passat jjusetts,
WITH UEPORTS FKOM THE
UUARTERMASTER-GENERAL. SURGEON-GENERAL, AND MASTER
OF ORDNANCE,
FOli TH15 TEAR ENDING
DECEMBER 31, 186 2
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WRIGHT & POTTER, STATE PRINTERS.
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ANNUAL REPORT
ADJUTANT-GENERAL
fi^ommonfeealtlj of Passatjjusetts,
WITH EEPOKT3 FROM THE
aUARTEMASTER-GENERAL, SURGEON-GENERAL, AND MASTER
OF ORDNANCE,
FOE THE YEAR ENDING
DECEMBER 31, 1862.
BOSTON:
WRIGHT & POTTER, STATE PRINTERS,
No. 4 Spring Lane.
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Adjutant-General's Office, Boston,
December 31, 1862.
To His Excellency John A. Andrew, Governor and Com-
mander-in- Chief.
Sir, — I have the honor herewith to submit to your Excel-
lency the Annual Report of the Adjutant-General's Depart-
ment for' the year ending December 31, 1862.
With the highest respect,
I have the honor to be.
Your Excellency's ob't servant,
WM. SCHOULER, Adjutant- General.
ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
ANNUAL EEPOIIT.
Adjutant-General's Office,
December 31, 1862.
To His Excellency John A. Andrew, Governor and Coni-
mander-in- Chief.
Sir : — We have passed through another year of war, and it
becomes my duty to make up the record of the part which
Massachusetts has taken in it. From the commencement of
the rebellion to the present day, our Commonwealth has been
earnest in the Union cause, and so she will remain forever.
When I call to mind the many brave and good men who
have gone out from their pleasant homes in Massachusetts to
the fields of death ; who have fallen in battle, died of disease,
suffered in prisons, and borne many unnamed hardships with-
out murmur, — I feel how difficult it is for me to speak their
praise in becoming words, and I shall not attempt it. Their
sublime deeds are their best eulogy, and their good name will
forever be among the most cherished objects of the Common-
wealth.
In my Annual Report, which I had the honor to submit
to your Excellency one year ago, it was shown that Massachu-
setts, up to the thirty-first of December, 1861, had sent
33,636 soldiers to the war, exclusive of the men belonging to
the State, who had enlisted in the Navy, the number of whom
was estimated at 11,000, which made an aggregate of 44,636
men in the Army and Navy. Of this number, 3,736 were
in the three months' service ; the remaining 30,000 Tv^ere
enlisted for three years, (except the Eighth Battery, Captain
Cook, which was for six months,) and the regiments and bat-
teries which they composed are still absent, having served
less than half the term of their enlistment.
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3. '5
Before entering upon a history of the labors of this depart-
ment for the past year, I will insert a report which I had the
honor to make to your Excellency, in February last, of a
journey made by me, in the latter part of January and the first
part of February, to several of our regiments at the scat of war,
and to transact business with the War and Treasury Depart-
ments relative to matters of interest to the State and importance
to our soldiers. In reading it over after the lapse of only a few
months, my mind is saddened by the knowledge of the many
brave officers and men whom I then saw in the full vigor of
manhood, and who were very kind to me, wlio have since fallen
in battle, or who have returned to tiieir homes wounded,
maimed, and broken in health.
My report was as follows : —
February 17, 1862.
To His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief :
Sir, — On tlie 21st of January, having sent forth all our regiments,
finished my Annual Report, and balanced the accounts of this office with
the Treasurer, I left Boston by your Excellency's permission, to visit
our regiments at the seat of war, in order to ascertain their condition and
to correct and verify our Descriptive Rolls.
I was detained one day in New York in an examination of the
condition of our Twenty-Eighth Regiment, stationed at Governor's
Island, and found it quartered in cold, damp casemates, and otherwise
badly provided for. I hurried to Washington that night, and in the
morning, accompanied by Senator Wilson, called at the war depart-
ment, and had an interview with Adjutant- General Thomas, who prom-
ised to lay the subject before the Secretary of War immediately. I
waited three days before I could see him again, and it was not until I
received your Excellency's letter, enclosing a copy of a letter from
Captain Barrett, complaining of the treatment of this regiment, that I
was enabled, with Senator Wilson's assistance, to have action taken by
the war department. Secretary Stanton issued orders immediately
by telegraph to the Commander of the Fort, and to the Colonel of the
Twenty-Eighth, which I subsequently ascertained were of great service
in obtaining the necessary comforts for the men. On my return to New
York in about a fortnight, I found the regiment in good condition. It
appears by a letter from the war department received at this office,
the Twenty-Eighth was ordered, on the 31st of January, to report to
Brigadier- General Sherman, at Port Royal, S. C. The regiment left om
the Steamer Ericsson yesterday morning.
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6- ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
Upon my arriviil at Washington, I ascertained tliat Captain Eppendorf
of the Fifth Battery had resigned. The battery was stationed on
Capitol Hill. I visited the camp and found the men in good health and
anxious to have their guns. By an order, the battery had been attached
to General Franklin's Division. For reasons not necessary to detail
they desired to be placed in General Portei''s command. Their case
was presented to General Barry, Chief of Artillery, by Hon. Messrs.
Eliot and Gooch, (in whose districts the battery was raised,) and by
myself, and he consented to the desired change, if General Porter, whose
quarters were near Hall's Hill, could find use for them. Subsequently
I had an interview with General Porter at his head-quarters, and he
asked me to say to General Barry that he would be pleased to receive
as many Massachusetts batteries as would be sent him, although he did
not wish to interfere with any previous arrangements of the war
department. The result is that the order was changed, and this battery
is over the river in General Porter's Division. With a few weeks'
di'illing it will be very efficient.
My next visit was to the camps of the Seventh and Tenth, which are
about a mile apart, at Brightwood, five or six miles from the Capitol,
and in the District of Columbia. Although the weather had been bad,
and the roads were in a condition hardly conceivable by a New
Euglander, I found the officers and men in good health and excellent
condition. There was but one man sick in the Seventh, and the Tenth
had not a single person in the hospital. The men lived in comfortable
log huts, which they themselves had built, and were quite well satisfied
with their quarters. I made arrangements to have a roll of each regiment
made out, showing the names, residence, &c., of the persons who had
died, deserted or been discharged since the regiment left Massachusetts.
After some pleasant hours with the officers and men, and an inspection
of the men's quarters, I returned to Washington, much pleased with the
day's labors. I was accompanied by Captain Dudley, U. S. A., then
stationed at Washington, who was subsequently appointed Colonel of
the Thirtieth Massachusetts Regiment, in the Department of the Gulf,
where he now is, and by Major Fletcher, U. S. Paymaster.
The next two days I passed at Washington, transacting some business
at die war department, and with the second auditor and comptroller
of the treasury ; among other matters, endeavoring to secure the
acceptance of Maxwell's Company of Sharpshooters, and ascertaining
in regard to the payment of one hundred dollars bounty to soldiers'
heirs, in case of death. I ascertained that none of those claims had
been paid, as Congress had made no specific appropriation. I have
reason to believe that Congress will soon pass this appropriation.
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3. 7
Having obtained a pass from General McClellan, I proceeded to the
Virginia side, to visit the Massachusetts troops beyond the Potomac. 1
passed over the Long Bridge about nine o'clock in the morning, and
was surprised at the number of wagons, equestrians and pedestrians
moving through the mud into Virginia. At the end of Long Bridge is
Fort Runyan, garrisoned by a company of the Massachusetts Fourteenth,
Colonel Greene. The other companies of this command are near, at
Forts Albany and Hamilton ; the main body being at Fort Albany,
the head-quarters of Colonel Greene. The men have erected log
barracks for themselves, and enjoy good quarters ; few, if any, were in
the hospital.
After spending an hour in the fort, I passed on to visit the Ninth,
Eighteenth and Twenty-Second Regiments, and the Thiri and Fourth
Batteries. The roads were very Sad, and it seemed an impossibility for
wagons to move. I next stopped at General Blenker's head-quarters,
near Ball's Cross Roads, and paid him my respects. He spoke highly
of our Commonwealth, and of the troops she had sent to the war. I
then passed through the camps of Blenker's Brigade, which is composed
mostly of German regiments. The Eighteenth and Twenty-Second
Massachusetts regiments, and the Third Battery, are encamped near
each other, on what is called Hall's Hill, Their camps were quite
picturesque. They were ornamented with arches, some of them very
handsome, covered and ornamented with evergreens. The camp streets
are flanked with cedars and pines. Every thing indicated a refined
taste, and real substantial comfort. On a large open field between the
encampment of the German and of the Massachusetts regiments, I
witnessed a splendid sham fight, five thousand men were engaged, com-
prising about three thousand five hundred infantry, several batteries of
artillery, and two squadrons of cavalry.
I made a short visit to the camps of the Massachusetts Eighteenth
and Twenty-Second Regiments, and the Fourth Battery, The men
and officers were glad to see a Massachusetts man. After giving direc-
tions to the adjutants to prepare rolls of the dead, deserted and dis-
charged, and after exchanging friendly recognitions with the officers,
and promising to call the next day on my return, I passed on over Hall's
Hill and Minor's Farm, through fields made desolate by war, to the
camp of the Ninth Regiment, where I intended to pass the night.
I regretted that I was not able to see Colonel Barnes, of the Eighteenth,
and Colonel Gove, of the Twenty-Second, but they were absent on duty.
These gentlemen stand in the fii'st class of officers. It was pleasant to
see the fine appearance of the Massachusetts regiments, and to hear the
men speak so warmly in praise of their officers. Between Hall's Hill
and the camp of the Ninth, is a large field where a skirmish had taken
8 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
place some months before. The graves of the men who had fallen, and
the skeletons of dead horses, half buried, mark the spot.
I found Colonel Cass in his tent, engaged with a Pennsylvania officer,
in making a report upon a claim for damages preferred by Mr. Minor,
for destruction to his house and grounds. After supper, we walked over
to Brigadier-General Morrell's quarters, about half a mile distant. He
was not in, but we were kindly welcomed by members of his staff.
About eight o'clock, General Morrell came over to Colonel Cass's head-
quarters, and passed two hours with us. He appeared to be a very
intelligent and accomplished officer. That night I slept under canvas,
and although it rained incessantly, not a drop of water came through.
Colonel Cass's regiment was full, and there was no sickness in the camp.
He says that the uniform given them while they were at Long Island,
by the State, had to be exchanged sooVi after their arrival at Washing-
ton, as it was in appearance like the uniform of the secessionists, and
General Mansfield did not regard the regiment as safe on the Virginia
side, with it on. They therefore procured a new one, of the army
pattern ; the men had to pay for both, and their monthly allowance was
greatly diminished. 1 enclose a copy of a letter marked A, which shows
the amount charged the men for their State uniform. I respectfully
submit that the men of the Ninth be allowed some remuneration by the
Commonwealth.
In the morning I had an opportunity to see the Ninth in line, and
notwithstanding the rain and snow, which lasted until late in the after-
noon, the officers and men appeared in uniform, and with full ranks.
This regiment has the Springfield smooth-bore muskets, latest pattern.
Colonel Cass is drilling the men almost entirely in double-quick move-
ments, and with particular reference to " the charge." He does not
want rifled muskets, as he intends to fight in close quarters.
I saw most of the officers, and passed many pleasant hours with this
regiment. About nine o'clock in the morning, Colonel Cass accompanied
me back as far as Fort Albany, near the end of Long Bridge. On our
way we called on Major-General Porter, and I arranged with him in
regard to our Sixth Battery. We also called at the head-quarters of
Brigadier-General Martindale, but he Avas absent; but I was glad to
find, in his tent near by, the Brigade-Surgeon, our old friend Dr.
Lyman ; also Captain Batchelder, late of the Twenty-Second, but now
attached to General Martindale's staff.
We then passed over to the Eighteenth and Twenty-Second, and
after procuring their rolls, proceeded over fields of fallen timber and
across ravines, for about four miles, to Fort Cass, a splendid fortification,
constructed last summer by the Massachusetts Ninth, and named in
honor of their colonel. It was garrisoned by a company of Wisconsin
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3. 9
infantry. After warming ourselves, and drying our clothes, (for it
rained all the time,) we started across the country towards Fort Albany,
passing through several camps, and among them that of the Nineteenth
Indiana, commanded by an old western friend of mine, Colonel
Meredith.
We reached Fort Albany about three o'clock, where we were hospita-
bly entertained by Mrs. Greene, wife of the colonel of the Fourteenth,
and by the officers of that regiment. We remained there about an
hour, and having parted with Colonel Cass, I proceeded over the Long
Bridge to Washington, and arrived at my hotel about six o'clock. I
had been two days on horseback, through a continual storm of rain and
snow, with mud up to the stirrups part of the way, and yet I never had
a more delightful journey.
The next two days I remained at Washington, attending to certain
matters at the departments. On the third day, I embarked on a steamer
for Budd's Ferry, and went down the Potomac about fifty miles to
General Hooker's brigade. We left the wharf about 10 o'clock, and
arrived at the landing at 2|, P. M. On the opposite side of the landing
one of the rebel batteries was distinctly visible. The roads from the
landing to the camps of the First and Eleventh were the worst I ever
saw. At one place, a wagon of the Second New Hampshire Regiment
was stuck fast in the mud. The forward wheels were completely out of
sight, and the thin red mud was running into the bottom of the wagon.
As we passed along, we came across a detachment of the First Regiment,
under command of my friend Captain Chamberlain, of Roxbury, making
ft corduroy road. After a tiresome ride of two hours we came to
General Hooker's head-quarters. We paid our respects to him, and
passed on to the head-quarters of Colonel Cowdin, who was acting as
Brigadier. He was in good health, and gave us a cordial reception. (I
was accompanied by Colonel Coffin, of Newburyport.*) Colonel Cowdin
pointed out the various localities of interest, and showed us several holes
made by the shells from the rebel batteries.
We witnessed a dress parade of the Eleventh ; and after supper we
crossed over to the camp of the First, and passed the evening with the
officers. Here, as at the other cartips I had visited, the officers and men
were in good health, only one was really sick, and all were eager for a
fight with the enemy. These two regiments are considered the best in
the division. I passed the night in Colonel Cowdin's quarters, a log hut
covered with canvas. The regiments are in comfortable log huts.
The next morning, having taken leave of our friends, we started for
the boat, and after two hours tramping in the mud we arrived at the
landing. At 4 o'clock we were safe in Washington.
* Now in command of the Eighth Eegiment, M. V. M., at Newbern, N. C.
2
10 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
The next day I went to see General Barry, Chief of Artillery, with
Captain Davis, of Lowell, to have his company, which has been at
Fortress Monroe ever since May last, changed to a Light Battery, as
recommended by Major General Wool. I had the honor of introducing
Captain Davis to your Excellency in the evening, and you were pleased
to favor the proposed change, and by your efforts the next day the
change was made.
The day following I went to Baltimore, and visited the Seventeenth,
(Colonel Amory,) and the First Battery, (Captain Nims.) They are
stationed in Baltimore at the extreme southern end of Baltimore Street.
Here, as elsewhere, I received a warm greeting. I visited the regiment
in the barracks, and was taken through the hospital. There was more
sickness in this regiment than in the others I had visited, which I
attributed to its close proximity to a large city. The sick numbered
about thirty. The officers take great care of the health of the men.
Both the battery and the regiment are highly esteemed by the loyal
citizens of Baltimore, several of whom I saw and conversed with. I
spent about two hours here, and left regretting that I could stay no
longer.
After a long call at General Dix's head-quarters, and ascertaining
what had been done in regard to certain Massachusetts men, who had
been enlisted in Boston and taken to Baltimore on false representations,
and acquainting your Excellency of the facts by letter, I went on board
the steamer at 5 o'clock, and proceeded to Fortress Monroe, at which
place I arrived at 8 o'clock the next morning.
My first duty after my arrival was to pay my respects to Major-Gen-
eral Wool, who received me with kindness, and spoke warmly in praise
of our State, and our regiments in his command. I remained three days
at Fortress Monroe and Newport News, and had an excellent opportu-
nity of becoming acquainted with the condition of our Sixteenth and
Twenty-Ninth Regiments. Here, as elsewhere, I found our men in
general good health, and earnestly desiring an advance on the enemy.
Colonel Wyman is almost idolized by his regiment, and he has certainly
brought it to a high state of discipline. Colonel Peirce had taken com-
mand of the Twenty-Ninth a short time before my arrival. From all I
can learn, his appointment seemed to give general satisfaction, and I
believe he will be an efficient and popular.^ officer. The New York
Ninety-Ninth ("Union Coast Guard") is stationed near Fortress
Monroe, and commanded by my old friend. Colonel Wardrop. As nearly
one-half of his command is composed of Massachusetts men, I regret
that he does not hold a Massachusetts commission. Captain Davis's
Company, (to which I have before alluded,) is stationed inside of the
Fortress, and is permanently attached to the garrison.
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3. 11
It would exceed the limits of this report, to recount particular
instances of merit in our troops, or to speak of the many acts of kindness
I received during my sojourn among them. It is enough to say that I
felt proud of our men, and honored by their attentions.
On my arrival at New York, I again visited our Twenty-Eighth
Regiment at Governor's Island, and found them in much better condition
than they had been at my previous visit. They were to have left the
next day for Port Royal. I was honored by a visit from the officers,
and a serenade at my hotel in New York, the evening before I left for
Boston. The next day I returned home, having been absent more
than three weeks.
I have succeeded in receiving from the regiments correct lists of all
the desertions, discharges and deaths, since they left the Commonwealth,
so that our Descriptive Rolls have been corrected. Many new rolls have
also been obtained. The evidence thus procured is valuable, in prevent-
ing the State relief money from being squandered upon families of desert-
ers and discharged soldiers, and may be important for families of deceased
soldiers, in enabling them to procure their dues from the general
government. On these and other accounts, I trust my journey will be
found productive of good.
With much respect, I have the honor to be
Your Excellency's ob't serv't,
Wm. ScHOULER, Adjutant- General.
Allow me to refer briefly to a few of the gentlemen referred
to in the foregoing report : —
First. — The Twenty-Eighth Regiment left New York for Port
Royal, S. C, and took part in the bloody attack on rebel forts at
James Island. Colonel Monteith has resigned and come home.
Lieutenant-Colonel Moore also resigned and came home, broken
down in health. The regiment was afterwards transferred to
the Army of Virginia, and took a leading part in the battles
under General Pope, in which Major Cartwright, then in com-
mand, was severely wounded with a musket ball, in the head.
He has since recovered and is now with his regiment.
Second. — The Fifth Battery, Captain Allen, was dreadfully
cut up, in the seven days fighting between the Chickahominy
and the James River, and Captain Allen returned home with
broken health, and afterwards resigned.
Third. — The Fourteenth Regiment remained in charge of the
forts, but took part in the battles under General Pope, and
12 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
distinguished itself by its bravery and soldierlike bearing.
Colonel Greene has since been compelled to resign, from disa-
bility, and is now at home, but his health is not restored.
Fourth. — Colonel Gove, of the Twenty-Second, was killed in
one of the battles before Richmond, on the 27th of June, at
the head of his regiment, and his body has never been recovered.
Fifth. — Colonel Cass, of the Ninth, was wounded on the
same sad day, and came home only to die. His remains rest
in Mount Auburn.
Sixth. — Colonel Wyman, Sixteenth Regiment, was shot
through the head, and fell dead from his horse, while leading
his men to a desperate charge, on the 30th of June. He also
rests in death, in Mount Auburn.
Seventh. — Colonel Peirce, of the Twenty-Ninth, lost his right
arm in the same bloody field, and is now at home on recruiting
service. His sword, bent with the cannon ball that took off his
arm, he has presented to me, and it is now in the glass case in
this office.
I make these brief notices in passing. I shall have occasion
in the course of this Report to speak more at length respecting
others in the same commands, who have bravely dared and
nobly suffered.
In the last half of the year 1861, two i-egiments, three com-
panies of cavalry, and a battery of light artillery were recruited
in this Commonwealth, by Major-General Butler. A part of the
officers were designated by General Butler, and a portion of the
organizations left the Commonwealth by orders issued by him,
while the officers had not been commissioned. The regiments
were originally designated as the Eastern and Western " Bay
State Regiments." They were subsequently placed under the
authority of your Excellency, and were designated February
10th, by Special Orders Nos. 25 and 26, current series, the Thir-
tieth and Thirty-First Regiments Massachusetts Volunteers.
Tiie cavalry were called and are now known as " three cojn-
panies of unattached cavalry," and the artillery was called and
is now known as the Sixth Battery. They are all in the
Department of the Gulf.
Captain Dudley, Tenth Infantry, U. S. A., a native of Massa-
chusetts, was commissioned Colonel of the Thirtieth, and Cap-
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3. 13
tain Gooding, also of the Tenth Infantry, U. S. A., and a
citizen of Indiana, was commissioned Colonel of the Thirty-
First Regiment. In another part of tliis Report will be found
a complete roster of the officers and a sketch of the services of
their several commands since they left the Commonwealth.
From the first of January to the first of July of the current
year, there were sent forward to the seat of war, 4,587 men,
all for the three years' service, with the exception of Cook's
Battery, as follows :
Men.
Jan. 3d, Thirtieth Regiment, 1,010
" 3d, Three companies unattached Cavalry, . . 309
" 7th, Three companies to fill up the Twenty-Ninth
Regiment, 303
" 8th, Twenty-Eiglith Regiment, . . . ; . 960
Feb. 7th, Sixth Battery, 144
" 21st, Thirty-First Regiment, .... 1,010
May 26th, Seven companies, now in Thirty-Second
Regiment, 707
June 24th, Eighth Battery, (Capt. Cook,) 6 months, . 144
March 1st, Companies L and M, Fourteenth Regiment
Heavy Artillery, 187
The following corps were ordered for service at Fort
Warren :
March 1st, First unattached company Heavy Artillery, Captain
Stephen Cabot.
October 20th, Second unattached company Heavy Artillery,
Captain C. E. Niebuhr.
May 26th, Company Cadets, First Division, Lieut. Colonel
C. C. Holmes. Mustered out July 1.
May 26th, Company Cadets, Second Division, Major John L.
Marks. Mustered out October 11.
Captain E. H. Staten's company, to be mustered out Jan. 1.
During this period, and indeed through the entire year,
recruiting was going on to fill the ranks of our regiments at
the seat of war. This part of the recruiting has been under
14
ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
[Jan.
the superintendence of Colonel Day, Captain Goodhue, and
Captain Collins, severally of the United States Army, and by
officers detailed from the several regiments and batteries in
service, most of whom had been debilitated by sickness or
wounded in battle. From reports made to this office, it appears
that 6,628 men have been recruited to fill the ranks of our old
regiments and batteries, during the preceding twelve months,
as follows : —
No. of Recruits sent forward to Regiments, Sfc, between 1st January and 18th
December, 1862.
1st Massachusetts Cavalry,
316
16th Massachusetts
Infantry,
42
17th "
((
256
Light Artillery.
18th
a
297
1st Massachusetts Battery,
25
19th "
((
128
2d « "
5
20th "
u
344
3d " "
36
21st «
((
79
4th » «
17
22d
ti
275
5th " «
22
23d
u
192
6th « «
1
24th «
11
166
7th " "
62
25th «
u
140
8th " "
4
26th "
((
15
27th »
((
317
Heavy Artillery.
28th "
u
190
14th Massachusetts Battery,
895
29th "
((
100
1st Unattached Company,
151
30th "
ii
-
2d " "
140
31st «
u
1
3d « «
68
32d "
((
25
35th
((
3
1st Massachusetts Infantry,
589
36th "
((
1
2d " "
296
40th "
11
1
6th « «
3
41st "
((
87
7th «
73
Union Coast Guarc
,* .
. 31
9th « »
325
1st Company Sharpshooters,
73
10th " "
. 92
2d "
(1
. 19
11th
. 144
3d »
((
.
12th " "
13th " "
. 104
. 210
Total,
^ ,
. 6,628
15th " "
. 246
* Union Coast Guard is the New York Ninety-Ninth B«giment, Colonel Wardrop, Commanding.
On the 26th of May a telegram was received from the Presi-
dent of the United States to send forward at once all our active
militia force to Washington. Major-General Banks had been
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3. 15
driven from the Shenandoah Valley, by a superior force of the
enemy, and the capital of the Union was menaced. On the
same day General Order No. 14 was issued, ordering com-
manders of regiments, battalions, and unattached companies of
infantry of the Volunteer Militia to report forthwith with their
commands to Major-General Andrews, First Division M. V. M.,
on Boston Common, for active service.
The battalion of infantry recruited for three years' service,
on garrison duty at Fort Warren, was raised to a regiment, and
Lieutenant-Colonel Parker in command was promoted to Colo-
nel ; the battalion was composed of six full companies, and was
dispatched on the 27th to Washington. Lieutenant-Colonel
Perkins, Second Regiment M. V. M., was authorized to act as
General Recruiting Agent for the State, to recruit the bat-
talion to a regiment. He was relieved from duty June 8d,
with the thanks of the Commander-in-Chief for his services.
Surgeon-General Dale was also ordered to cause a surgical
examination of the men in the militia regiments to be made.
The alacrity with which the Volunteer Militia responded to
the call of the President and the order of your Excellency was
beyond all praise. Men took farewell of their families, put on
their uniforms, assembled in their armories in their respective
cities and towns, and proceeded at once to Boston, many of
them at great personal sacrifices.
Boston on the 27th was filled with four thousand troops, who
were sent to quarters in different public halls in the city.
The following table shows the regiments and companies, and
the exact number of officers and men that reported for duty.
SPECIAL DUTY RETURN.
Number of Men present on Duty in obedience to General Order, No. 14, dated
May 26, 1862.
Major-Geiieral Samuel Andrews.
Lieutenant-Colonel P. Stearns Davis, Division Inspector.
Major Henry C. Brooks, Aid-de-Camp.
Major Joseph L. Henshaw, Aid-de-Camp.
Major Preston A. Ames, Quartermaster.
Major John R. Hall, Engineer.
Men.
Company Light Artillery, First Division, First Brigade, Captain Edward
J. Jones, 87
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[Jan.
Second Battalion of Infantry, M. V. M. Men.
Company A, — Captain John C. Whiton, 72
Company B, — Captain John J. Dyer, .75
Company C, — Captain Charles H. Allen, .80
227
Second Regiment of Infantry, 31. V. M.
Colonel Isaac S. Burrell ; Major George W. Beach ; Quartermaster Sidney
A. Stetson ; Sergeant-Major Charles A. Davis.
Men.
Company A, — Captain Joseph Nason, 31
Company B, — Captain Benjamin F. Eussell, 83
Company C, — Captain Orville W. Leonard, '69
Company D, — Captain George Sherive, 108
Company E, — Captain Albert J. Wright, 49
Company F, — Captain William H. Buss, 68
Company G, — Lieutenant Albert E. Proctor, 83
511
TMrd Regiment of Infantry, M. V. M.
Colonel John H. Jennings ; Lieutenant-Colonel Silas P. Richmond ; Major
James Barton ; Adjutant Elnathan W. Wilbur.
Men.
Company A, — Lieutenant Cephas Washburn, Jr., 46
Company B, — Captain Charles C. Doten, 54
Company E, — Captain Richard A. Pierce, 24
Company G, — Captain John W. Marble, 31
Company H, — Lieutenant Oscar E. Washburn, 45
Company K, — Captain Thomas B. Griffith, 37
237
Fourth Regiment of Infantry, M. V. M.
Colonel Abner B. Packard; Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Walker; Major
Charles F. Allen ; Quartermaster James Brown ; Drum-Major George W. Pope.
Men.
Company A, — Captain Ira Drake, 42
Company B,— Captain Milo M. Williams, 69
Company C, — Captain James T. Stevens, 63
Company D, — Captain Horace Niles, ....... 83
Company E, — Lieutenant Lewis Soule, 80
Company F, — Lieutenant Moses A. Richardson, 32
Company G, — Captain Zac'heus Sherman, 101
Company H, — Captain Edward A. Spear, ...... 90
Company I, — Lieutenant Charles Sprague, 42
502
Fifth Regiment of Infantry, M. V. M.
Colonel Samuel C. LaAvrence ; Lieutenant-Colonel George H. Peirson ;
Major John T. Boyd ; Quartermaster Joseph E. Billings ; Surgeon Samuel H.
Hurd ; Sergeant-Major Henry A. Quincy ; Quartermaster-Sergeant Samuel
C. Hunt, Jr.
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17
Company A,-
—Captain Richard Barrett,
Men.
. 42
Company B,-
—Lieutenant William E. llobinson, .
. as
Company C,-
—Captain James P. Richardson,
. 32
Company D,-
—Captain Hannibal D. Norton, . . .
. 93
Company E,-
—Captain John Ilutchings,
. 82
Company F,-
-Captain Ephraim II. Brigham, •• .
. 51
Company II,-
—Captain John B. Norton,
. 93
429
Sixth Regiment of Infantry, M. V. M.
Colonel Albert S. Follansbee ; Lieutenant-Colonel Melvin Beal ; Major
Thomas G. Gerrish; Adjutant Thomas O. Allen; Quartermaster William G.
Wise ; Sergeant-Major Baldwin F. Peabody.
Men.
Company A, — Captain Andrew C. Wright, 87
Company B, — Captain George F. Shattuck, 63
Company C, — Lieutenant John C. Jepson, 100
Company D, — Captain James W. Hart, 67
Company E,— Captain Aaron C. Handley, 85
Company F, — Lieutenant Jerome Cross, 55
Company H, — Captain Thomas G. Gerrish, 75
Company I, — Captain Stephen D. Stakes, 84
566
Seventh Regiment of Infantry, M. V. M.
Colonel Lyman Dike ; Lieutenant-Colonel Simeon Flint ; Adjutant Charles
M. Maudant ; Surgeon William H. Heath ; Quartermaster-Sergeant Humphrey
E. Howe.
Men.
Company A, — Captain George D. Putnam, 76
Company B, — Captain Edward H. Staten, 58
Company D, — Captain Benjamin Edwards, Jr., 23
Company E, — Captain Henry D. Degen, 68
Company G, — Captain Carlos P. Messer, 72
Company H, — Captain Henry F. Danforth, 42
Eighth Regiment of Infantry, M. V. M.
Captain commanding, Francis Boardman ; Adjutant George Creasy.
Company A, — Captain Albert W. Bartlett, .
Company B, — Lieutenant Benjamin L. Mitchell,
Company C, — Captain Samuel C. Graves,
Company D, — Captain George T. Newhall,
Company E, — Captain Francis E. Porter,
Company F, — Captain James Hudson, Jr.,
Company G, — Captain David W. Low,
Company H, — Captain Thomas Cloon, .
Company I,— Captain Thomas Herbert,
339
Men.
105
49
76
89
75
87
59
51
95
686
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[Jan.
Ninth Regiment of Infantry, M. V. M.
Captain Thaddeus L. Barker, commanding; Adjutant Andrew L. Fuller ;
Quartermaster Marshall Wetherby.
Men.
Company B, — Captain Eugene T. Miles, 72
Company E, — Lieutenant Jonas Corey, 61
Company G, — Lieutenant George H. Barrett, 37
170
Third Battalion of Riflemen, M. V. M.
Major Harrison W. Pratt ; Adjutant J. Stewart Brown ; Quartermaster
Henry W. Conklin ; Surgeon Frank H. Kelly ; Sergeant-Major John B.
Goodell; Quartermaster-Sergeant T. Edward Murray; Hospital Steward
Frank Wilmarth.
Men.
Company B, — Lieutenant P. K. Newell, . . . * . . . 30
Company D, — Captain George W. Prouty, 101
RECAPITULATION.
Company Light Artillery, First Division, First Brigade,
Second Battalion of Infantry, M. V. M.,
Second Regiment of Infantry, M. V. M.,
Third Regiment of Infantry, M. Y. M.,
Fourth Regiment of Infantry, M. V. M.,
Fifth Regiment of Infantry, M. V. M.,
Sixth Regiment of Infantry, M. V. M.,
Seventh Regiment of Infantry, M. V. M.,
Eighth Regiment of Infantry, M. V. M.,
Ninth Regiment of Infantry, M. V. M.,
Third Battalion of Riflemen, M. V. M.,
Total, ....
#
Special Duty Return, in response to General Order, No. 14.
1 Major-General ; 5 Major-Generals, Staff Officers.
Artillery.
1 Captain and horse.
1 Senior First Lieutenant and horse.
1 Junior First Lieutenant and horse.
1 Senior Second Lieut, and horse.
1 Junior Second Lieut, and horse.
1 Sergeant-Major.
1 Quartermaster's-Sergeant.
1 Guidon.
1 Bugler.
1 First Sergeant.
5 Sergeants.
10 Corporals.
62 Privates.
131
Men.
87
227
511
237
502
429
566
339
686
170
131
3,885
Infantry.
8 Colonels.
5 Lieutenant-Colonels.
6 Majors.
14 Colonels, Staif Officers.
49 Captains.
53 First Lieutenants.
45 Second Lieutenants.
50 First Sergeants.
159 Sergeants.
243 Corporals.
3,309 Privates.
9 Non-Commis'ned Staff Officers.
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3. 19
Late ill the afternoon of the 27th, it was ascertained that
many of the men who had responded to the call, believed the
service which they had volunteered to render was but for three
months, and had made their business and other arrangements
accordingly. Upon arriving at Boston, they discovered that the
three months' term had been changed by an Act of Congress to
a longer term ; whereupon your Excellency telegraphed to the
War Department for authority to muster the men in for three
months' service, which authority was not given. In the mean
time I made a personal visit to the halls where the men were
quartered, and explained to them the change which Congress
had made in the law, and gave orders to the officers in com-
mand to make a roll of those who would volunteer to serve the
time specified by the Congressional Act. Reports were sent in
the same evening, and it appeared that about one-half were
ready to proceed, " law or no law." Every man was ready and
anxious to go for three months. At this time information was
received from Washington that the immediate danger to the
capitol was passed, and directing the militia to be released.
General Order No. 16 was then issued, which is as follows : —
Head-Quarters, Boston, May 27, 1862.
[General Order, No. 16.]
Pursuant to requisitions from the President of the United States,
calling upon the Governor to send forthwith to Washington the active
militia of the Commonwealth for the defence of the Capital, menaced by
the advance of the enemy, General Order No. 14 of the current series
was duly promulgated, and a proclamation to the citizen soldiery was
issued, urging the promptest and most efficient co-operation with the
National Government. In obedience to which Order and proclamation
4,000 men have, since yesterday morning, arrived and reported them-
selves on Boston Common.
The Commander-in-Chief was informed to-day that a portion of the
troops were surprised at learning, that in accordance with an Act of
Congress, passed in July, 1861, they might be held for a term longer
than three months, or until sixty days after the meeting of the next
session of Congress, or if Congress should so provide, for an indefinite
period.
The Governor telegraphed to the War Department for authority to
order them to be mustered in for three months. To this telegram a reply
is just received, that the President directs the militia to be released, con-
centrations of our forces having been effected which will render their
£0 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
employment unncessary ; but the President directs enlistments to be
made in Massachusetts for three yeai's, as heretofore, in the Volunteer
service.
Grateful for the alacrity with which the Order to report in Boston
was obeyed by the militia of the Commonwealth, and regretting the dis-
appointment which must be felt by many gallant men, it has become the
duty of the Commander-in-Chief to relieve them from further duty at
present.
The Fourth Battalion of Infantry, who have already taken the oath,
will be mustered out of service immediately, and then released from duty.
The two corps of Cadets who have also been mustered into the United
States service, will be mustered out as soon as relieved from duty at
Fort Warren.
Commanding officers of companies are reminded that they are account-
able for the property which has been issued on their requisitions, and
will turn over the same to Captain TV. W. McKim, Assistant-Quarter-
master U. S. A., who will cancel their receipts.
Under the authority of the President of the United States, there will
be immediately recruited, in addition to the four companies requii-ed to
complete the Thirty-Second Regiment, who marched yesterday for
Washington, under Lieutenant-Colonel F. J. Parker, one Battalion and
two Regiments of Infantry, and a Battery of Light Artillery, to be
enlisted for three years, unless sooner discharged, and the Governor and
Commander-in-Chief earnestly calls upon the militia to come forward
and fill up their ranks.
The thanks of the Governor and Commander-in-Chief are presented
to Major-General Andrews and Staff, for the efficient manner in which
they have discharged the duties imposed upon them by General Orders
No. 14, and they are relieved from further duty under the same.
Major-General Andrews is charged with the transmission of this
Order.
By order of His Excellency John A. Andrew, Governor and
Commander-in- Chief.
William Schouler, Adjutant- General.
In the. mean time, and previous to issuing the above Order,
the Fourth Battalion of Infantry, Major Lee, had assembled in
strong force, and been mustered into the U. S. service, and also
tlie two corps of Cadets attaclied to the First and Second
Divisions. This will explain why they are especially mentioned
in the above General Order.
The Company of Light Artillery, Captain Jones, First Divis-
ion, was also prepared to move forward at once, and an
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3. 21
order was given for it to report on the evening of the 27th,
at the Worcester Depot, to Qiiartcrmastor-Gcneral Reed, and
proceed to Washington. Captain Goodhue, U. S. A., was
present at their armory in the evening, to muster them into the
service, their horses had been bought, and were on board the
cars, but the company refused to be mustered in, until they
knew how long a period they were to serve. Tiie facts being
reported to your Excellency, an Order was issued to disband
the corps.
I thouglit then, and think now, that the Order to disband
this splendid company was just and proper, yet upon reflection
I think the men had good cause of complaint. Most of them
were mechanics, who had families depending upon them for
support, and it was natural that, before tliey would take the
oath to serve, they should know definitely how long a period
they were to be absent. The chief blame for all this trouble
and difficulty is in the law passed by Congress, which was evi-
dently passed in haste, and without due consideration of its
effects. Subsequently, when the call for nine montiis' volunteers
was issued, Captain Jones was among the first to off"er his
services to recruit a battery. His offer was accepted, and in a
very short time he had his company ready, comprising a great
part of the men who had been members of the disbanded com-
pany, and they are now at the seat of war, serving their country
on the battle-field.
Immediately upon the disbandment of the light artillery
company commanded by Captain Jones, application was made
by, and authority given to Major Cook, who had commanded
the Light Massachusetts Battery in the three months' service, to
raise an artillery company to serve for six months. His
request was granted. He raised a company, which received
its marching orders on the 30th of June, to proceed to
Washington. It had its full equipment. This battery served
out its time, and returned to the Commonwealth a few days
ago. During its brief experience it saw much service, and
received the highest commendations of the commander of the
brigade in which it served, for its bravery and fidelity in the
memorable battle of Autietam.
Immediately upon the issue of the order for the battalion of
infantry at Fort Warren, under command of Lieutenant-Colonel
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ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
[Jan.
Parker, comprising six* full companies, to proceed to Washing-
ton, (May 26th,) two corps of Cadets in the First and Second
Divisions M. V. M., (Boston and Salem,) were mustered into
the service of the United States, and sent to supply the place of
the battalion at the Fort, where there were several notorious
rebel prisoners, both military and civil ; among whom were
Major-General Simon Bolivar Buckner, of Kentucky, taken at
Fort Donelson, and Marshal Kane, of Baltimore.
On the 28th of May, an Order was received by your Excellency,
from the President of the United States, for thirty companies
of Infantry to serve for three years or until the end of the war,
and for one company of Light Artillery to serve for six months,
whereupon the following General Order No. 17 was issued.
Head-Quarters, Boston, May 29, 1862.
[General Order, No. 17.]
A call has been made upon the Governor of this Commonwealth by
the President of the United States for thirty companies of Infantry to
serve for three years, or until the end of the war; and one company of
Light Artillery to serve for six months.
Of the thirty companies of Infantry four are to be attached to the
Battalion recently stationed at Fort Warren, and now made the Thirty-
Second Regiment of the Massachusetts Volunteers, six for a Battalion
for garrison duty at Fort Warren, subject to the orders of the War
Department, ten to compose the Thirty-Third Regiment, ten to compose
the Thirty-Fourth Regiment.
Each company of Infantry will
consist of
I Captain.
1 First Lieutenant.
1 Second Lieutenant.
1 First Sergeant.
4 Sergeants.
8 Corporals.
2 Musicians.
1 Wagoner.
82 Privates.
101 aggregate.
The company of Artillery will
consist of
1 Captain.
2 First Lieutenants.
2 Second Lieutenants.
1 First Sergeant.
1 Co. Quartermaster Serg.
6 Sergeants.
1 2 Corporals.
2 Musicians.
2 Artificers.
1 Wagoner.
122 Privates.
152 ao;greaate.
*One company raised by Captain Bowers, three companies subsequently
under Captain Moulton.
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The commissioned officers of all ranks will be appointed by his
Excellency the Governor.
The Thirty-Third Regiment, the four companies to complete the
organization of the Thirty-Second Regiment, and the six companies to
compose the Battalion, will go into camp at Lynnfield, said camp to be
designated Camp Edwin M. Stanton, in honor of the Secretary of
War.
The companies composing the Thirty-Fourth Regiment will be recruited
in the counties of Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire, Franklin and Berk-
shire, and will go into camp at the Agricultural Fair Grounds, near the
city of Worcester, said camp to be designated Camp John E. Wool,
in honor of Major-General Wool, of the United States army.
The line officers will be designated immediately, and commissioned as
soon, as in the judgment of his Excellency it should be done. They
will proceed at once to recruit their men, who shall be forwarded to camp
as speedily as possible, where they will be uniformed and equipped.
Persons authorized to recruit, will have the following expenses
allowed, viz. : —
1st. Rent of rendezvous or office for recruiting.
2d. Commutation of fuel and quarters for officers.
3d. Subsistence for recruits until sent to camp, at a rate not to exceed
forty cents 'per diem.
4th. Necessary transportation of volunteers prior to completion of
company organization, and muster into service as a company. Trans-
portation must not exceed the rate of two cents per mile for railroad
travel, or the current rates for stage and steam-boat fares.
5th. Officers recruiting will be authorized to advertise for recruits in
not exceeding two newspapers, and hand-bills, the cost of which shall not
exceed five dollars for each rendezvous under their charge. A reasonable
amount of fuel and straw previous to company organization will be
allowed at recruiting stations, also cooking stoves when absolutely
necessary.
Officers recruiting will take vouchers in triplicate for all the expenses?
incurred under the provisions of this Order.
No officer recruiting will be recognized unless he has written authority
and instructions from the Adjutant-General.
The necessary blanks and papers will be furnished by the Adjutant-
General, and a report in duplicate of the persons enlisted each tay will
be made to him.
Quartermaster-General Reed will make requisition upon Lieutenant-
Colonel Day, Captain McKim, Captain Goodhue, and Captain Brigham,
severally of the United States army, stationed at Boston, for such trans-
portation, subsistence, clothing, camp equippage, and such disbursements
24 ADJUTANT-GEXERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
as are allowed by the United States laws and regulations of the War
Department.
Surgeon-General Dale will detail surgeons to examine recruits upon
the presentation of the proper order from the Adjutant-General by
persons authorized to recruit.
No person will be enlisted under the age of twenty-one yeai's, without
the written consent of his parents or guardian.
Lieutenant-Colonel Maggi, of New Bedford, is ordered to the command
of Camp Edwin M. Stanton,
The officer to command Camp John E. Wool will be designated by
special order.
By command of His Excellency John A. Andrew, Governor and
Commander-in-Chief.
William Schouler, AdjiUant- General.
In accordance with the above Order, camps were established
at Lynnfield, and Worcester, Colonel Maggi, of New Bedford,
now in command of the Thirty-Third Regiment, was made Post
Commandant of camp " Edwin M. Stanton," and on June
3d, by Special Order No. 118, William S. Lincoln, Esq., of
Worcester, now Lieutenant-Colonel of the Thirty-Fourth Reg-
iment, was appointed Commandant of camp " John E. Wool."
Both gentlemen entered at once upon their duties.
June 2d General Order No. 18 was issued, giving notice that
three months' troops would not be called for, and urging our
citizens to complete, with as little delay as possible, the thirty
companies of three years' men.
On the 30th of June, Captain Cook having completed his
Battery for the six months' service, received his orders to march'
to Washington and report for duty. This Battery was recruited
at camp " Cameron, " Cambridge.
In order that the militia of the Commonwealtli should be
prepared for any sudden exigency that might arise, and be
ready to respond to any call for their services made by the
President of the United States, on the first of July General
Order No. 25 was issued by directions of your Excellency. It
is similar to General Order No. 4, of the year preceding. I
quote it entire.
Head-Quarters, Boston, July 1, 18G2.
[General Order, No. 25.]
Events which ai-e now transpiring may make it necessary for the
President of the United States to call for the services of the militia
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3. 26
of this Commonwealtli, the Commander-in-Chief therefore orders tluit
the commanding officer of each company of the Volunteer Militja
examine with care the roll of his company, and cause the name of each
member, together with his rank and place of residence, — who is ready
to respond to such call, and to serve under the laws of the United States,
— to be reported forthwith to the Adjutant-General. The term of
service for the militia has been changed, so that it is extended to more
than three months, but the Commander-in-Chief believes that should a
call be made, the President would accept the services of the militia for
three months, and the return may be made with that understanding.
Such members of the Massachusetts Militia, who, from age, physical
defect, business or family causes may be unable or indisposed to respond
affirmatively and at once to the call of the President, may be discharged,
so that their places may be filled by men who are ready for any public
exigency.
After the above Order shall have been fulfilled, no discharge, either
of officer or private, shall be granted, unless for cause satisfactory to the
Commander-in-Chief.
Commanders of Companies will use all their exertions to recruit
their companies to the maximum standard.
It is important, also, that the Companies have frequent drills, and
procure their uniforms as prescribed in General Orders.
The prompt response of the Volunteer Militia of Massachusetts to
the call of the Commander-in-Chief, in April, 1861, and in May of the
present year, merits and receives his profound thanks, and gives assur-
ance that, should another call be made, it will be met with equal
alacrity.
To promote the objects embraced in this Order, the General, Field
and Staff Officers, the Adjutant and Quartermaster- Generals, will give
all the aid in their power.
The Company Rolls may be transmitted to the Adjutant-General
direct.
Commanders of Divisions will take immediate measures for the
execution of this Order.
By command of His Excellency John A. Andrew, Governor and
Commander-in-Chief.
William Schouler, Adjutant- General.
Early in July the President of the United States issued an
Order, calling for three hundred thousand Volunteers to serve
for three years or until the end of the war, to form new reg-
iments, and to fill the ranks of those already in service. The
proportion assigned to Massachusetts, was fifteen thousand men.
4
26
ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
[Jan.
Immediately after, on the Tth of July, General Order No. 26
was issued.
From the annual returns made to this office by the assessors
of the several cities and towns, of men liable to do military
duty under the laws of the Commonwealth, it was thought wise
to give in the Order the number of men which each city and
town would have to furnish, according to their own returns, to
complete the number of men called for.
It was not presumed that the assessors' returns were exactly
correct, as proper attention had not always been given to have
them made accurate. They formed, however, the best basis
we had, on which to form an estimate, and therefore they were
given. Here is the Order, and it may be interesting to compare
the quotas herein given with those subsequently called for and
given in this Report, under the Order for a draft.
Head-Quarters, Boston, July 7, 1862.
[General Okdek, No. 26.]
A Call has been made upon the Governor of this Commonwealth by
the President of the United States for 15,000 Volunteers to form neAV
regiments, and to fill the ranks of those from this Commonwealth now at
the seat of war.
The following table shows the proportion of each city and town, based
upon the men enrolled in the Commonwealth liable to do military duty,
as shown by annual returns made to the Adjutant-General.
Barnstable Co.
Berkshire — Con.
Berkshirf
— Con.
Barnstable, .
48-
Becket, .
20
Richmond,
. 8
Brewster,
5
Cheshire,
23
Sandisfield,
. 19
Chatham,
11
Clarksburg, .
5
Savoy, .
. 14
Dennis,
34
Dalton, .
10
Sheffield,
. 31
Eastham,
9
Egremont,
9
Stockbridge,
. 23
Falmouth,
39
Florida,
6
Tyringham,
. 7
Harwich,
41
Great Barrington,
48
Washington,
. 7
Orleans,
6
Hancock,
9
West Stockbr
idge,. 22
Provincetown,
16
Hinsdale,
9
Williamstown
. 29
Sandwich,
56
Lanesborough,
13
Windsor,
. 10
Trqro, .
4
Lee,
37
Wellfleet,
. 3
Lenox, .
18
607
Yarmouth,
. 13
Monterey,
10
Mt. Washington,
. 3
Bristol
Co.
285
New Ashford,
3
Acushnet,
. 17
New Marlborough,
18
Attleborough,
. 63
Berkshire C
0.
Otis,
13
Berkley,
. 11
Adams, ,
. 68
Peru, .
4
Dartmouth,
. 27
Alford, .
. 9
Pittsfield,
102
Dighton,
. 19
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Bkistol-
-Con.
Essex — Can.
Hampden — Cor
.
Easton,
. .52
South Danvers,
75
Tolland,
8
Fairhaven,
. 33
Swampscott, .
20
Wales, .
11
Fall River, .
. 118
Topsfield,
19
Westfield, .
75
Freetown,
. 19
Wenham,
15
West Springfield, .
26
Mansfield,
. 33
West Newbury,
20
Wilbraham, .
20
New Bedford,
. 260
Norton,
22
(
2,313
786
Pawtucket, .
! 50
Ray n ham.
. 29
Franklin Co
Hampshire Co.
Reiioboth,
22
Ashfield,
18
Amherst,
36
Seekonk,
*. 29
Bernardston, .
11
Belchertown,
34
Somerset,
. 23
Buckland,
28
Chesterfield, .
11
Swanzey,
. 17
Charlemont, .
10
Cummington,
14
Taunton,
. 234
Colrain,
11
Easthampton,
20
Westport,
. 36
Conway,
27
Enfield, .
12
Deerfield,
34
Goshen,
6
1,114
Erving,
8
Granby,
11
Gill, .
10
Greenwich, .
9
Dukes
Co.
Greenfield, .
47
Hadley,
22
Chilmark,
. 4
Hawley,
12
Hatfield,
16
Edgartown,
. 20
Heath, .
8
Huntington, .
18
Tisbury,
. 15
Leverett,
8
Middlefield, .
8
—
Leyden,
7
Northampton,
97
39
Monroe,
2
Pelham,
10
Montague,
17
Plainfield, .
10
Essex
Co.
New Salem, .
13
Prescott,
10
Amesbury,
. 41
Northfield, .
17
South Hadley,
29
Andover,
. 52
Orange,
28
Southampton,
16
Beverly,
. 85
Rowe, .
8
Ware, .
31
Boxford,
. 13
Shelburne,
22
Westhampton,
7
Bradford,
. 21
Shutesbury, .
7
Williamsburg,
35
Danvers,
. 104
Sunderland, .
12
Worthington,
10
Essex, .
. 28
Warwick,
13
Georgetown,
. 40
Wendell,
5
472
Gloucester,
. 93
Whately,
14
Groveland,
. 21
Middlesex Cc
).
Hamilton,
. 14
397
Acton, .
23
Haverhill,
212
Ashby, .
16
Ipswich,
! 39
Hampden Cc
).
Ashland,
19
Lawrence,
. 217
Agawam,
. 17
Bedford,
. 8
Lynn, .
. 255
Blandford,
. 22
Belmont,
. 15
Lynnfield,
. 13
Brimfield,
. 20
Billerica,
. 18
Manchester,
. 23
Chester,
. 9
Boxborough, .
. 5
Marblehead,
. 144
Chicopee,
. 81
Brighton,
. 40
Methuen,
. 47
Granville,
. 20
Burlington, .
. 10
Middleton,
. 14
Holland,
. 4
Cambridge, .
404
Nahant,
. 7
Holyoke,
. 53
Carlisle,
9
Newbury,
. 21
Longmeadow,
. 25
Charlestown, .
. 408
Newburyport
. 179
Ludlow,
. 17
Chelmsford, .
25
North Andov(
3r, . 24
Monson,
. 36
Concord,
. 22
Rockport,
. 29
Montgomery,
. 5
Dracut,
22
Rowley,
. 15
Palmer, .
. 27
Dunstable,
5
Salem, .
. 328
Russell, .
. 7
Framingham,
44
Salisbury,
. 49
Southwick,
. 16
Grot on.
. 32
Saugus,
. 36
Springfield, .
. 287
HoUiston,
48
28
ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
[Jan.
Middlesex—
-Con.
Norfolk — Con.
Worcester — Con.
Hopkinton, .
. 47
Randolph,
66
Boylston,
9
Lexington,
. 20
Roxbury,
389
Brookfield,
34
Lincoln,
. 9
Sharon, .
22
Charlton,
27
Littleton,
. 13
Stoughton,
64
Clinton,
69
Lowell,
. 397
Walpole,
24
Dana, .
9
Maiden,
. 76
AVest Roxbury,
55
Douglas,
19
Marlborough,
. 52
Weymouth, .
124
Dudley,.
24
Medford,
. 88
Wrentham, .
36
Fitchburg,
97
Melrose,
. 37
Gardner,
40
Natick, .
. 103
1,455
Grafton,
35
Newton,
. 106
Hardwick,
17
North Reading,
. 21
Plymouth Co.
Harvard,
17
Pepperell,
. 11
Abington,
117
Holden, .
26
Reading,
. 40
Bridgewater, .
36
Hubbai'dston,
20
Sherborn,
. 14
Carver,
14
]yancaster.
17
Shirley,
. 16
Duxbury,
32
Leicester,
45
Somerville, ' .
. 92
East Bridgewater, .
43
Leominster, .
39
South Reading,
. 32
Halifax,
10
Lunenburg, .
13
S ton eh am.
. 37
Hanover,
23
Mendon,
18
Stow, .
. 14
Hanson,
16
Milford,
106
Sudbury,
. 14
Hinsjham,
51
Millbury,
47
Tewksbury, .
. 11
Hull, .
4
New Braintree,
9
Townsend,
. 21
Kingston,
20
Northborough,
17
Tyngsborough,
. 9
Lakeville,
18
Northbridge, .
30
Waltham,
. 61
Marlon, . ...
9
North Brookfield,
26
Watertown, .
. 36
Marshfield, .
28
Oakham,
15
Wayland,
. 19
Mattapoisett, .
20
Oxford, .
38
West Cambridge
. 31
Middleborough,
56
Paxton, .
10
Westford,
. 23
North Bridgewater
52
Petersham, .
19
Weston,
. 17
Pembroke,
22
Phillipston, .
8
Wilmington, .
. 13
Plymouth,
63
Princeton,
18
Winchester, .
. 25
Plympton,
12
Royalston,
21
Woburn,
. 98
Rochester,
13
Rutland,
12
Scituate,
29
Shrewsbury, .
22
2,776
South Scituate,
22
Southborough,
17
Wareham,
43
Southbridge, .
. 38
Nantucket
Co.
West Bridgewater,
23
Spencer,
. 32
Nantucket, .
. 82
Sterling,
21
779
Sturbridge, .
21
Norfolk Co.
Bellingham, . . 17
Suffolk Co
Boston,
Chelsea,
North Chelsea,
Winthrop, .
2,370
229
11
6
Sutton, .
Templeton, .
28
30
Braintree,
Brookline,
Canton, .
. 47
. 61
. 40
Upton, .
Uxbridge,
Warren,
. 38
34
18
Cohasset,
. 22
Webster,
34
Dedham,
Dorchester, .
. 69
. 137
2,616
Westborough,
West Boylston,
32
24
Dover, .
. 9
Worcester C
o.
West Brookfield,
22
Foxborough, .
. 24
Ashburnham,
27
Westminster, .
22
Franklin,
. 27
Athol, .
48
Winchendon,
48
Medfield,
. 10
Auburn,
9
Worcester,
261
Medway,
. 37
Barre, .
33
Milton, .
. 37
Berlin, .
18
1,886
Needham,
. 33
Blackstone, .
42
Quincy,
. 105
Bolton, .
16
Total, 15,607.
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3. 29
The new regiments now partly formed and to be formed, are tlie
Tliirty-Second, Thirty-Third, Thirty-Fourth, Tliirty-Fifth, Thii'ty-Sixth,
and Thirty-Seventli. To complete these regiments to the maximum
standard,
The Thirty-Second Regiment requires 300 men.
The Thirty-Third Regiment requires 650 men.
The Thirty-Fourth Regiment requires 800 men.
The Thirty-Fifth Regiment requires 850 men.
Recruiting has not yet commenced for the Thirty-Sixth and Thirty-
Seventh Regiments, and will not be until the four named above are
filled. The whole number of men required to fill these six (6) regiments
is forty-seven hundred (4,700). The remaining 10,300 will be required
to fill up Massachusetts regiments now in active service.
It is of the first importance that the men be raised as speedily as
possible, and the mayors of cities and selectmen of towns are urgently
requested to exercise their official and personal influence to furnish their
quotas, and to enlist the active co-operation of all the patriotic men in the
cities and towns in aid of the same.
Let meetings be held in every city and town, and measures be adopted
to renew interest in the great cause.
The men can be sent to camp as soon as enlisted. Transportation for
the same will be furnished on application to the Adjutant-General. A
bounty of twenty-five dollars and one month's pay ($13) will be paid to
each recruit, as soon as the company to which he may be attached is
filled.
Any further information in regard to matters embraced in this Order,
required by city or town authorities, will be given on application to the
Commander-in-Chief or the Adjutant-General.
The Government demands new regiments, and our brave men, who
have so nobly upheld the honor of Massachusetts, call loudly from the
battle-fields of the South to their brethren at home, to come forward at
once and fill their decimated ranks, and take the places of the brave men
who have fallen and suffered in the cause of the Union and of American
Constitutional Liberty.
By order of His Excellency John A. Andrew, Governor and
Commander-in- Chief.
William Schouleb, Adjutant- General.
The effect of the Order was most beneficial. The authorities
of the cities and towns, with patriotic emulation, vied with
each other which could fill their quota first, and the citizens
generally, and especially the young men, entered at once with
30 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
ardor into the work of enlistment. Town meetings were held,
and money was appropriated, in the most liberal manner, to
encourage recruiting and to carry into practical effect the call
of the President, and the Order of your Excellency.
Many of our regiments at the seat of war had been very
much weakened by losses in battle, and by sickness. It was
the earnest desire of the authorities at Washington, and of
your Excellency, that their decimated ranks should be filled,
in preference to raising new regiments ; and in order to aid the
recruitment for the old regiments, a bounty of $4 was given
by the general government for each man who would enlist in
an old regiment, and ^2 for each man who enlisted in new
regiments. To facilitate recruiting for the old regiments, and
in justice to a part of our brave men. Special Order 568 was
issued as follows :
Head-Quarters, Boston, July 30, 1862.
[Special Order, No. 568.]
His Excellency the Governor directs that the following letter of
Brigadier-General Fitz John Porter, commanding the Fifth Army
Corps in the army of the Potomac, with the nominations attached
thereto, be published and promulgated in a Special Order from these
head-quarters, as a fitting tribute to many brave officers and men, and
as an honorable incentive to future pariotic effort and daring.
The Commissions recommended will be issued immediately.
Copies of the Order will be transmitted to General Porter, and through
him to the Commanders of the corps of Massachusetts Volunteers he has
so honorably mentioned.
By command of His Excellency John A. Andrew, Governor and
Commander-in-Chief.
William Schouler, Adjutant- General.
General Porter's Letter.
Head-Quarters of Fifth Army Corps, >
Harrison's Landing, Va., July 26, 1862. ]"
" To His Excellency John A. Andrew, Governor of Massachusetts,
Boston, Mass. :
Governor, — I have the honor to present for your consideration an
Order appointing, subject to your approval, field officers in the Ninth
Massachusetts Volunteers.
I take pleasure in bearing testimony to the admirable conduct of these
ofTicers in action, especially at the battle of Chickahominy, and to sustain
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3. 31
thereby the recommendation of their Brigade Commander, and the choice
of the regiment.
It alFords me great gratification to express to you my admiration for
the noble conduct of the troops from your State under my command, in
the late actions before Richmond. No troops could have behaved better
than did the Ninth and Twenty-Second Regiments, and INIartin's Battery,
and portions of Allen's, or done more to add to our successes. Their
thinned ranks tell of their trials, the brave men lost, their heroic dead,
and gallant conduct, and devotion to their country. Their discipline was
never excelled ; and now, with undaunted hearts, they await, with con-
fidence of success, the order to advance. I hope you will be able to
send on men to fill their depleted ranks, even in parties of ten, as fast as
recruited. A few men joining us now gives great heart to all men, and
adds to our strength nearly five times the same number in new regiments.
I am, Governor, with high respect, your obedient servant,
F. J. Porter, Brig.-Gen. Commanding"
In order still further to encourage filling our regiments
at the ^at of war, and to learn exactly the number of men each
regiment and battery required to fill it to the maximum,
General Order No. 27 was issued July 16th.
Head-Quarters, Boston, July 16, 1862.
Instructions relative to the Neio Recruitment.
[General Ordee, No. 27.]
I. The commanding officers of all Massachusetts corps in the field
are respectfully requested to report at once to these head-quarters the
number of men required to recruit their several corps to the maximum
strength.
II. The commanding officer of each Massachusetts Volunteer Regi-
ment in the field which has not already a recruiting depot in Massachu-
setts, is respectfully requested to cause to be detailed immediately a
recruiting party, to co-operate in the enlistment now here in progress,
and receive and forward recruits who offer for said regiment.
Recruits for the detached companies of artillery, cavalry, infantry,
and sharpshooters, can be forwarded together with the recruits so
forwarded to regiments.
All recruiting officers thus detailed are requested to communicate
immediately, in person, with these head-quarters, or to forward their
addresses and notice of their places of rendezvous; and the same
request is made of all recruiting officers now present in the State from
corps in the field.
32 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jau.
III. Recruiting papers will be issued to the mayor of each city and
to the chairman of the board of selectmen of each town, for the
enlistment of a number of recruits from such town or city, corresponding
to its proportion as exhibited in the tabular statement contained in
General Order No. 26.
The co-operation of all municipal officers in this duty of recruitment
is respectfully asked.
It is respectfully suggested to the municipal authorities that the
object of primary importance is to fill our corps in the field to the
maximum strength. Therefore they will encourage recruits to enter
corps already in service in preference to those in process of primary
organization.
It is earnestly desired to discourage the combination with the municipal
recruitments, of persons wishing merely to obtain commissions and not
willing to serve in the army of their country otherwise. All corps now
in service are provided with officers. Vacancies which occur among
them are filled, as a general rule, by promotion within the corps. More
than a thousand applications are on the files at these head-quarters,
from parties not in the service, but seeking to enter it as commissioned
officers. It is impossible to satisfy even a small fraction of the number.
What the country needs, is men for the ranks. There is no lack of
men willing to be officers.
IV. Camp Wool, at the city of Worcester, is hereby designated as
the general rendezvous for all recruits from the counties of Berkshire,
Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire and Worcester.
Camp Stanton, at the town of Lynnfield, is designated as the general
rendezvous for all recruits from the counties of Barnstable, Bristol,
Dukes, Essex, Middlesex, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth and Suffialk.
Until further orders, or until their regiments shall have been recruited
and moved from the State, Lieutenant-Colonel Lincoln, of the Thirty-
Fourth Regiment, will remain, as heretofore. Commander at Camp Wool,
and Colonel Maggi, of the Thirty-Third Regiment, Commander at Camp
Stanton.
By special orders, an officer will be. detailed for duty at Camp Wool,
as General Receiving Officer of Recruits, and also an officer as General
Receiving Officer of Recruits at Camp Stanton.
The Surgeon-General, Dr. William J. Dale, will detail for each camp
a Suro-eon with instructions to report to the General Receiving Officer
kOf Recruits there, for duty.
V. In recruiting, the municipal authorities will take especial care to
•.accept no man not physically competent for military service. If prac-
.ticable by voluntary effisrt, it will be well if each recruit, before
being accepted by them, shall be inspected by some physician of the
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3. 33
municipality or its vicinity. All such physicians, by application to tlie
Surgeon-General, can obtain the necessary medical instructions for
the examination of recruits. A copy of such instructions, together with a
copy of this Order, will be forwarded by the Adjutant-General to the
municipal officers of each town and city in the Commonwealth.
Subsistence for recruits until sent to camp will be reimbursed by the
United States at a rate not to exceed forty cent% per diem. The neces-
sary blanks for vouchers and bills for subsistence so supplied, can be
obtained by application to the Adjutant-General.
As often, at least, as ten recruits shall have been obtained by the
municipal officers of any town or city, they will forward such squads of
recruits either to Camp Stanton or to Camp Wool, according to the
designation of counties in Section IV. of this Order. Transportation to
said camps for such parties of recruits, or for lesser parties if municipal
officers shall desire to send them more frequently, will be furnished on
application to the Adjutant-General ; or if municipal officers shall them-
selves provide such transportation at a rate not exceeding two cents per
mile for railroad travel or at the current rates for stage and steam-boat
fares, it will be reimbursed to them on application, with proper vouchers,
to Capt. Goodhue, U. S. Mustering and Disbursing Officer, Boston.
All recruits thus forwarded will be directed to report to the General
Receiving Officer of Recruits at the camp to which they are sent ; and
together with each squad, the municipal officers will forward, addressed
to such General Receiving Officer, a list containing the name and resi-
dence of each member of the squad, and the corps into which he proposes
to enlist.
VI. On arrival at Camp Stanton or Wool, after reporting to the
General Receiving Officer, all such recruits as propose to enlist into the
Thirty-Third or the Thirty-Fourth Regiments, will be directed by such
officer to report to Colonel Maggi or to Lieutenant-Colonel Lincoln,
respectively.
All others, whether offering themselves for Massachusetts corps now
in the field or for new Massachusetts corps now forming in the State, will
remain in the charge of the General Receiving Officer.
The General Receiving Officers will cause each recruit so in their
charge, to be immediately subjected to medical examination, unless he
shall have been previously so examined as provided in Section VII.
hereafter. Those who pass such examination they will muster into the
United States' service. Those rejected will be returned to their
respective municipalities.
Clothing, equipment and subsistence will be provided by the General
Receiving Officers for the men thus mustered into service. They will
make all necessaiy requisitions for this purpose, upon Captain W. W.
5
34 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
McKim, U. S. Assistant-Quartermaster, and Captain E. D. Brigham,
U. S. Commissary of Subsistence, at 15 Kilby Street, Boston, forwarding
such requisitions through the Adjutant-General, for approval.
They will also prepare, from blanks furnished by the Adjutant-Gen-
eral, a descriptive roll of each recruit mustered into service, and forward
the same immediately to the Adjutant-General's office, thereto constitute
evidence, upon which to.issue certificates of enlistment to parties applying
to the municipalities for aid, under the State Soldiers' Families' Relief
law — this to be in addition to any United States rolls which may be
required. The importance of providing in this manner accurate descrip-
tive rolls, cannot be overrated, whether in relation to the proofs needed
to secure relief to soldiers' families immediately, or in the future pensions
and bounties for themselves, their widows and children.
VII. Surgeon-General Dale is authorized to provide for the conclu-
sive medical examination of recruits preliminary to muster into service,
at places other than Camps Stanton and Wool, and in manner other than
as provided in Section VI. of this Order, whenever circumstances shall in
his judgment require the same to be done.
VIII. The mayor of each city and the chairman of the board of
selectmen of each town, being deputed by the Governor as recruiting
officers, are authorized, as such, to make requisitions on Lieutenant-
Colonel H. Day, 2d Infantry, U. S. Army, General Superintendent of
the recruiting service in Massachusetts, No. 15 Kilby Street, Boston,
for the payment of such expenses as are provided to be paid in the re-
cruiting service, by the laws of congress and the orders of the depart-
ment of war.
IX. All recruiting officers representing Massachusetts corps now in
the field, are requested to maintain constant communication with the
General Receiving Officers at Camps Stanton and Wool, and to accept
from them and forward to their respective Corps in the field, as often as
practicable, the recruits which may be mustered into service for such
corps.
X. For the convenience of persons desiring to enlist into the various
Massachusetts corps, the following summary of all such corps, is hereto
appended : —
Light Artillery.
First Battery, Captain Porter, Army of the Potomac.
Second Battery, Captain Nims, Department of the Gulf.
Third Battery, Captain Martin, Army of the Potomac.
Fourth Battery, Captain Manning, Department of the Gulf.
Fifth Battery, Captain Allen, Army of the Potomac.
Sixth Battery, Captain Everett, Department of the Gulf.
Seventh Battery, Captain Davis, Fortress Monroe.
Eighth Battery, Captain Cook, near Washington, D. C.
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35
Heavy Artillery.
14th Volunteer Regiment, Colonel Greene, near Washington, D. C.
1st Company, Captain Cabot, Fort Warren, Boston Harbor.
Cavalry.
1st Regiment Volunteer Cavalry, Colonel Williams, Department of
the South.
1st Detached Company, Department of the Gulf.
2d Detached Company, Department of the Gulf.
3d Detached Company, Department of the Gulf.
Sharpshooters.
1st Company, Captain Saunders, Army of the Potomac.
2d Company, Captain Wentworth, Army of the Potomac.
Infantry.
1st Regiment, Colonel Cowdin, Army of the Potomac.
2d Regiment, Colonel Andrews, Army of Virginia.
7th Regiment, Colonel Russell, Array of the Potomac.
9th Regiment, Lieutenant-Colonel Guine^'', Army of the Potomac.
1 0th Regiment, Colonel Briggs, Army of the Potomac.
11th Regiment, Colonel Blaisdell, Army of the Potomac.
12 th Regiment, Colonel Webster, Army of Virginia.
13 th Regiment, Colonel Leonard, Army of Virginia.
15th Regiment, Colonel Ward, Army of the Potomac.
16th Regiment, Colonel Tannatt, Army of the Potomac.
17th Regiment, Colonel Amory, Burnside's Army.
18th Regiment, Colonel Barnes, Army of the Potomac.
19th Regiment, Colonel Hinks, Army of the Potomac.
20th Regiment, Colonel W. R. Lee, Army of the Potomac.
21st Regiment, Colonel Clark, Burnside's Army.
22d Regiment, Lieutenant-Colonel Griswold, Army of the Potomac.
23d Regiment, Colonel Kurtz, Burnside's Arn^.
24th Regiment, Colonel Stevenson, Burnside's Army.
25th Regiment, Colonel Upton, Burnside's Army.
26th Regiment, Colonel Jones, Department of the Gulf.
27th Regiment, Colonel H. C. Lee, Burnside's Army.
28th Regiment, Colonel Monteith, Department of the South.
29th Regiment, Pierce, Army of the Potomac.
30th Regiment, Colonel Dudley, Department of the Gulf.
31st Regiment, Colonel Gooding, Department of the Gulf.
3 2d Regiment, Lieutenant-Colonel Parker, Army of the Potomac.
33d Regiment, Colonel Maggi, Lynnfield, Massachusetts.
34th Regiment, Colonel Wells, Worcester, Massachusetts.
36 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
XT. In seeking to place the care of this recruitment in the hands of
the cities and towns, it is the hope of the Governor to render the move-
ment in the fullest sense popular and patriotic, as well as prompt
and decisive, it being his earnest desire to raise to their maximum
standard our veteran regiments, rather than to increase the number of
troops by adding inexperienced corps. The economy and efficiency of
the service, as well as the safety of our men, alike demand that this
shall be done ; while a contrary policy would leave uncared for those
older organizations whose conduct in the field has added lustre to the
fame of Massachusetts.
By order of His Excellency John A. Andrew, Governor and
Commander-in-Chief.
William Schouler, Adjutant- General.
A. G. Browne, Jr., Lieut. Colonel, Military Secretary.
To facilitate recruiting, and accommodate the western part
of the State, a camp was established at Pittsfield, the last of July,
and was designated Camp " Briggs" in honor of Colonel, now
Brigadier-General Briggs, a native of Berkshire and a citizen of
Pittsfield, who had behaved with great gallantry while in com-
mand of the Tenth Regiment, in the battles on the Peninsula,
and between the Chickahominy and James River, in one of
which he was severely wounded.
As evidence showing the rapidity with which the 15,000
men were raised, I will state that from the time (July 7th) the
Order was issued, to the 8th of September, two months, upwards
of 4,000 men had been recruited for the old regiments and
sent forward ; four companies to complete the Thirty-Second
Regiment, and nine new regiments had been formed and
organized ; and eight of the latter had left the State and entered
upon active duty. ,
The four companies for the Thirty-Second Regiment, the
Thirty-Third Regiment, Col. Maggi, the Thirty-Fifth Regiment,
Col. Wild, the Thirty-Eighth Regiment, Col. Ingraham, the
Thirty-Ninth Regiment, Col. Davis, the Fortieth Regiment,
Lieut. Col. Dal ton, and the Forty-First Regiment, Col. Chick-
ering, were recruited at Camp " Edwin M. Stanton," at Lynn-
field.
The Thirty-Fourth Regiment, Col. Wells, and the Thirty-
Sixth Regiment, Col. Bowman, were recruited at Camp "John
E. Wool," Worcester.
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3. 37
The Thirty-Seventh Regiment, Col. Edwards, was recruited
at Camp " Briggs," Pittsfield.
Camp " Day" late Camp " Cameron," Cambridge, was the
chief camp of rendezvous for recruits for the old regiments.
In addition to the new regiments recruited under this call
for 15,000 men and the 4,000 men to fill the ranks of the
regiments in service, two Batteries, designated the Ninth and
Tenth were also recruited at Camp " Edwin M. Stanton."
The Ninth Battery, Capt. De Vecchi, was ordered August
21st, and the Tenth Battery, Capt. Sleeper, October 6th, to
report to tlie Adjutant-General of the United States at Wash-
ington.
To organize and send forward these troops required great
labor and activity in this Department. During this time the
Quartermaster-General, in consequence of private business en-
gagements, was absent from the State, and at his request, the
Adjutant-General assumed his duties, which still further ren-
dered his labor incessant ; they were however greatly relieved
by the skill, fidelity, and unceasing attention paid to this im-
portant part of the service by Mr. Preston, tlfe chief clerk in
the Quartermaster's Department.
The three companies raised to complete the Thirty-Second
Regiment, left the State August 20th.
The Thirty-Third Regiment, Colonel Maggi, August 11th.
The Thirty-Fourth Regiment, Colonel Wells, August 12th.
The Thirty-Fifth Regiment, Colonel Wild, August 22d.
The Thirty-Sixth Regiment, Colonel Bowman, August 31st.
The Tliirty-Seventh Regiment, Colonel Edwards, Sept. 6th.
The Thirty-Eighth Regiment, Colonel Ingraham, August 24th.
The Thirty-Ninth Regiment, Colonel Davis, September 6th.
The Fortieth Regiment, Lieutenant-Colonel Dalton, Sept. 8th.
The Forty-First Regiment, Colonel Chickering, Nov. 5th.
All of these regiments, with the exception of the Forty-First,
were ordered to report at Washington.
The Forty-First Regiment was ordered to New York to report
to Major-General Banks, and forms part of his command.
On the 4th of August, a call was made by the President of the
United States for 300,000 additional men to serve for nine
months, who were to be drafted in accordance with orders from
the war department and the laws of the several States. To
38 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
carry out and give effect to this call required great labor and
exact calculation. It was novel in its requirements, and inau-
gurated a system of recruiting of which we had little or no
experience, and therefore required the utmost caution and care
in carrying it out, so that no injustice should be done to any
city or town in the Commonwealth.
The number of men which Massachusetts was called upon to
furnish was 19,080. This proportion is much larger than that
assigned under the call for 300,000 three years^ men ; but the
sum of the two quotas (34,080,) bears nearly the same propor-
tion to 600,000 which the free population of Massachusetts
does to the free population of those States in which the majority
of the people have shown themselves loyal, and have supported
the government of the Union during the present struggle.
This additional call imposed additional labors upon this and
the other departments, and rendered more assistance necessary.
On the 23d ot August, William Rogers, Esq., of Boston,
was appointed and commissioned Second Assistant Adjutant-
General, with the rank of Major, whose special duty was to take
charge of and superintend all matters relating to the draft ; and
I take this occasion to thank your Excellency for appointing so
efficient and excellent a gentleman for my assistant. His
duties have been very laborious, and requiring great mathe-
matical and accurate knowledge. I know of no one who could
have performed the duties of his position more efficiently, or
with higher credit to himself and the Commonwealth.
From the beginning, all matters relating to the draft were
placed in his charge, and I have been a daily witness of the
fidelity, patience and ability with which he has fulfilled them.
All that part of this Report which follows, relating to the draft,
was prepared and written by him.
Before proceeding to speak of the draft for the nine months'
service, I insert the following table, showing the number of men
which each city and town in the Commonwealth has furnished
for the three years' and nine months' service, since the war
commenced, with the exception of the more recent three
years' enlistments, of which detailed reports have not yet been
received. The three years' men make an aggregate of 56,214 ;
the nine months' men an aggregate of 16,896. Tliis is exclu-
sive of 5,178 men in the navy, of whom a detailed statement is
1863.]
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given in another table. These, together with the more recent
enlistments for three years, make the number of men which
Massachusetts has given to this war, 80,472.
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Berkshire — Con.
Barnstable,
60
45
Washington, .
22
19
Brewster, .
9
12
West Stockbridge, .
46
19
Chatham, .
17
23
Williamstown, .
114
29
Dennis,
21
20
Windsor,
33
19
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12
9
Falmouth, .
35
7
2,148
921
Harwich, .
26
14
Bristol Co.
Orleans, .
10
17
Acushnet,
30
11
Provincetown, .
16
17
Attleborough,
318
51
Sandwich, .
162
23
Berkley, .
36
14
Truro,
10
9
Dartmouth,
51
34
WelMeet, .
14
7
Dighton, .
59
24
Yarmouth,
19
21
Easton, .
Fairhaven,
Fall River,
147
54
578
22
44
201
411
224
Berkshire Co.
Freetown,
51
31
Adams,
431
67
Mansfield,
114
13
Alford, .
9
4
New Bedford,
688
323
Becket,
57
21
Norton, .
50
33
Cheshire, .
52
31
Raynham,
94
12
Clarksburg,
22
5
Rehoboth,
76
33
Dalton,
54
15
Seekonk, .
44
15
Egremont,
23
29
Somerset,
68
33
Florida,
18
13
Swanzey,
51
15
Great Barrington,
155
72
Taunton, .
732
167
Hancock, .
23
11
Westport,
64
21
Hinsdale .
47
35
23
Lanesborough, .
27
3,305
1,097
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Lee, ....
142
62
Dukes Co.
Lenox,
49
33
Chilmark,
11
4
Monterey, .
33
25
Edgartown,
27
15
Mt. Washington,
10
9
Tisbury, .
22
11
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38
New Marlborough, .
60
30
Otis,.
36
22
Essex Co.
Peru,
22
5
Amesbury,
213
46
Pittsfield, .
391
122
And over,
222
27
Richmond,
27
18
Beverly, .
312
103
Sandisfield,
26
38
Boxford, .
50
18
Savoy, .
34
17
Bradford,
61
34
Sheffield, .
79
75
Danvers, .
383
59
Stockbridge,
66
33
Essex,
86
32
Tyringham,
14
16
Georgetown,
94
48
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[Jan.
Counties and Towns.
Essex — Con.
Gloucester,
Groveland,
Haoiilton, .
Haverhill,
Ipswich, .
Lawrence,
Lynn,
Lynnfield,
Manchester,
Marbleheacl,
Methuen, .
Middleton,
Nahant,
Newbury, .
Newburyport,
North Andover,
Rockport,
Rowley, .
Salem,
Salisbury, .
Saugus,
South Danvers,
Swampscott,
Topsfield, .
Wenham, .
West Newbury, .
Franklin Co.
Ashfield, .
Bernardston,
Buckland,
Charlemont,
Colrain,
Conway, .
Deerfield, .
Erving,
Gill, .
Greenfield,
Hawley, .
Heath,
Leverett, .
Leyden, .
Monroe, .
Montague,
New Salem,
Northfield,
Orange, .
Rowe,
511
69
40
830
215
1,033
1,154
32
84
359
133
68
16
47
548
65
144
74
1,310
138
111
420
59
57
91
72
9,101
50
33
60
43
34
65
102
37
27
151
34
23
32
25
4
70
74
70
75
16
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112
29
18
193
46
357
281
9
23
173
21
11
11
40
239
48
51
17
194
66
27
88
37
16
7
43
2,524
13
19
26
20
39
33
32
5
5
49
20
11
13
10
5
31
19
25
29
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Franklin — Con.
Shelburne,
Shutesbury,
Sunderland,
Warwick,
Wendell, .
Whately,
Hampden Co.
Agawam,
Blandford,
Brimfield,
Chester, .
Chicopee,
Granville,
Holland, .
Holyoke, .
Longmeadow,
Ludlow, .
Monson, .
Montgomery,
Palmer, .
Russell, .
Southwick,
Springfield,
Tolland, .
Wales, .
Westfield,
West Springfield,
Wilbraham,
Hampshire
Amherst, .
Belchertown,
Chesterfield,
Cummington,
Easthampton,
Enfield, .
Goshen, .
Granby, .
Greenwich,
Hadley, .
Hatfield, .
Huntington,
Middlefield,
Northampton,
Pelham, .
Plainfield,
Co.
65
23
29
53
33
29
1,230
55
40
56
37
339
64
7
175
58
50
85
17
124
24
44
1,059
18
37
237
81
103
2,710
130
105
.31
30
65
34
20
32
28
66
56
66
21
313
27
19
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Middlesex — Con.
Prescott, . ...
31
1
Sudbury, .
53
19
South Hadley,
81
41
Tewksbury,
46
11
Southampton,
47
23
Townsend,
78
39
Ware,
163
16
Tyngsborough,
35
3
Westhampton,
22
13
Waltham,
289
67
Williamsburg,
94
36
Watertown,
114
60
Worthington,
26
36
Wayland,
52
11
West Cambridge,
122
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1,507
584
Westford,
86
23
Middlesex Co.
Weston, .
38
25
Acton,
80
37
Wilmington, .
42
19
Ashby,
43
20
Winchester,
62
33
Ashland, .
75
31
Woburn, .
311
97
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Belmont, .
44
20
10,799
3,197
Billerica, .
80
32
Nantucke-p Co.
Boxborough,
18
5
Nantucket,
165
54
Brighton, .
176
42
Burlington,
22
3
Norfolk Co.
Cambridge,
1,257
355
Bellingham,
62
16
Carlisle, .
36
13
Braintree,
167
31
Charlestown,
1,388
430
Brookline,
254
26
Chelmsford,
83
38
Canton, .
79
72
Concord, .
76
61
Cohasset, .
60
16
Dracut,
82
27
Dedham, .
217
100
Dunstable,
19
3
Dorchester,
495
171
Framingham,
129
86
Dover,
22
8
Groton,
131
55
Foxborough,
85
46
Holliston, .
193
17
Franklin,
96
32
Hopkinton,
207
50
Medfield, .
27
19
Lexington,
100
27
Medway, .
138
51
Lincoln, .
26
9
Milton, .
105
54
Littleton, .
42
15
Needham,
75
47
Lowell,
2,098
557
Quincy, .
370
69
Maiden,
265
70
Randolph,
305
97
Marlborough,
332
57
Roxbury,
1,315
146
Medford, .
225
107
Sharon, .
49
32
Melrose, .
100
60
Stoughton,
252
61
Natick,
479
5
Walpole, .
65
34
Newton, .
313
132
West Roxbury,
211
47
North Reading,
69
24
Weymouth,
402
127
Pepperell, .
69
29
Wrentham,
135
28
Reading, .
Sherborn, .
125
42
54
15
4,986
1,330
Shirley,
69
13
Plymouth Co.
Somerville,
546
116
Abington,
399
169
South Reading,
187
63
Bridgewater, .
96
48
Stoneham,
226
43
Carver, .
55
29
Stow,
73
12
Duxbury,
97
57
42
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Worcester — Con.
East Bridgewater,
160
43
Gardner, . • . •
126
55
Halifax,
34
17
Grafton, .
163
49
Hanover, .
63
27
Hardwick,
60
29
Hanson, .
60
21
Harvard, .
59
17
Hingham, .
172
29
Holden, .
85
27
Hull,.
4
4
Hubbardston, .
75
26
Kingston, .
49
23
Lancaster,
76
28
Lakeville, .
36
27
Leicester,
112
42
Marion,
20
7
Leominster,
184
47
Marshfield,
72
33
Lunenburg,
63
17
Mattapoisett,
24
21
Mendon, .
59
30
Middleborough, .
206
83
Milford, .
633
22
North Bridgewater, .
326
52
Millbury, .
136
38
Pembroke,
52
39
New Braintree,
23
13
Plymouth, .
332
42
Northborough, .
82
15
Plympton, .
56
15
Northbridge, .
145
7
Rochester, .
30
19
North Brookfield, .
91
30
Scituate, ,
91
30
Oakham, .
43
11
South Scituate, .
60
34
Oxford, .
143
29
Wareham,
177
18
Paxton, .
32
15
West Bridgewater, .
86
27
Petersham,
58
41
Phillipston,
35
10
2,757
909
Princeton,
51
25
Suffolk Co.
Royalston,
81
31
Boston,
8,943
2,028
Rutland, .
37
24
Chelsea, .
500
249
Shrewsbury, .
67
23
North Chelsea, .
35
10
Southborough, .
86
17
Winthrop,
27
7
Southbridge, .
Spencer, .
Sterling, .
111
143
46
30
9,505
2,294
62
56
Worcester Co.
Sturbridge,
73
32
Ashburnham, .
118
28
Sutton, .
115
24
Athol,
171
53
Templeton,
129
43
Auburn, .
52
9
Upton,
95
33
Barre,
95
71
Uxbridge,
144
5
Berlin,
66
20
Warren, .
66
25
Blackstone,
260
55
Webster, .
177
41
Bolton,
60
23
Westborough, .
124
42
Boylston, .
36
8
West Boylston,
83
32
Brookfield,
153
17
West Brookfield,
64
11
Charlton, .
87
33
Westminster, .
89
11
Clinton,
216
37
Winchendon, .
169
43
Dana,
Douglas, .
45
95
11
53
Worcester,
1,214
376
Dudley,
75
26
7,530
2,178
Fitchburg,
338
166
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RECAPITULATION
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Barnstable Co.,
Berkshire Co.,
Bristol Co.,
Dukes Co.,
Essex Co.,.
Franklin Co.,
Hampden Co.,
Hampshire Co.,
Middlesex Co.,
Nantucket Co.,
411
2,148
3,305
60
9,101
1,230
2,710
1,507
10,799
165
224
921|
1,0971
30
2,524
500
877l
584
3,197
54
Norfolk Co., .
Plymouth Co., .
Suffolk Co., .
Worcester Co.,
Residence in the State
not given,
4,986
2,757
9,505
7,530
1,330
909
2,294
2,178
56,214
16,719
177
16,896
RECAPITULATION BY REGIMENTS, &c.
Three Years' Men.
Eegiments.
Original.
Eecruits.
Total.
1 Infantry,
1,010
660
1,670
2 Infantry, .
1,019
370
1,389
. 7 Infantry, .
1,006
75
1,081
9 Infantry, .
1,046
372
1,418
10 Infantry, .
947
94
1,041
11 Infantry, .
990
431
1,421
12 Infantry, .
1.050
100
1,150
13 Infantry, .
1,013
221
1,234
14 Heavy Artillerj
'^f
1,207
686
1,893
15 Infantry, .
1,011
529
1,540
16 Infantry, .
1,008
147
1,155
17 Infantry, .
959
283
1,242
18 Infantry, .
1,051
261
1,312
19 Infantry, .
1,050
428
1,478
20 Infantry, .
563
559
1,122
21 Infantry, .
1,027
93
1,120
22 Infantry, .
1,027
232
1,259
23 Infantry, .
1,041
206
1,247
24 Infantry, .
970
178
1,148
25 Infantry, .
977
196
1,173
26 Infantry, .
1,059
16
1,075
27 Infantry, .
988
289
1,277
28 Infantry, .
1,002
161
1,163
29 Infantry, .
892
137
1,029
30 Infantry, .
978
24
1,002
31 Infantry,
1,010
1
1,011
44
ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
[Jan.
RECAPITULATION— Cowfinuerf.
Eegiments.
Original.
Kecruits.
Total.
32 Infantry,
1,003
43
1,046
33 Infantry, .
.
1,204
-
1,204
34 Infantry, .
.
993
-
993
35 Infantry, .
.
1,013
3
1,016
36 Infantry, .
.
1,005
1
1,006
37 Infantry, .
.
1,012
-
1,012
38 Infantry, •
.
1,021
-
1,021
39 Infantry, .
.
1,005
-
1,005
40 Infantry, .
.
1,007
1
1,008
41 Infantry, .
.
791
87
878
1 Cavalry, .
.
1,093
322
1,415
Unattached Compa
nies
Cavalry, .
269
-
269
1 Battery, .
, .
149
21
170
2 Battery, .
.
154
13
167
3 Battery, .
.
155
46
201
4 Battery, .
.
95
19
114
5 Battery, .
.
145
23
168
6 Battery, .
.
145
1
146
7 Battery, .
.
108
13
121
8 Battery, (for si:
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154
5
159
9 Battery, .
.
151
-
151
10 Battery, .
154
-
154
1 Company Heavy Artillery, . .
127
36
163
1 Company Sharpshooters, .
104
53
157
2 Company Sharpshooters, .
101
19
120
Total,
39,059
7,455
46,514
Enlistments out of the State, .
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50,406
RECAPITULATION BY REGIMENTS, &c.
Nine Months' Men.
3d Regiment, . . . 1,002
47th Regiment, . . . 1,143
4th Regiment,
973
48th Regiment,
1,114
5th Regiment,
941
49th Regiment,
948
6th Regiment,
912
50th Regiment,
978
8th Regiment,
953
51st Regiment,
941
42d Regiment,
993
52d Regiment,
897
43d Regiment,
1,030
53d Regiment,
949
44th Regiment,
1,019
11th Battery,
154
977
46th Regiment,
972
16,896
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Rogiilations for the enrolment and draft of 300,000 militia,
in pursuance of the Order of August 4, were issued from the
War Department, under date of August 9 ; and an additional
regulation was issued under date of August 14, directing that
the quotas should be apportioned by the governors, among the
several counties and sub-divisions of counties, so that allowances
should be made for all volunteers previously furnished and
mustered into service, whose stipulated term of service should
not liave expired.
No method had been prescribed by law for apportioning the
numbers to be drafted among the several counties, or sub-di-
visions of counties. One of the most natural methods would
be, out of the whole number liable to draft, to take, by lot,
every fifth, or tenth, or twentieth man, according to the num-
ber required. But, in consideration of the fact that some towns
had already sent to the war one-half of their able-bodied
citizens, while others had sent only one-fourth or even less,
the War Department made the additional regulation above
mentioned, so that the whole number of those already furnished
and those to be furnished would be equalized among the several
towns. The numbers already furnished had been widely unequal
in proportion ; there must therefore be an inverted, relative
inequality in the numbers now called for, in order to produce
a final equality in the whole contribution to the war.
It was obvious, that, in order to give each town credit for
all its previous contribution to the army, a number must be
assumed, sufficiently large to include the sum of all the credits
to be deducted, and also the additional sum of 19,080, repre-
senting the present call. It was also obvious, that this gross
sum must be apportioned, not upon the number left at home,
but upon the original capacity of each town, as it existed before
any volunteers were sent. Otherwise, those towns which had
previously sent but few soldiers to the war, if now assessed in
proportion to the larger number left at home, might be called
upon to send double the proportion of both the past and present
contributions of those, who had previously sent more to the
field, and had now a less number remaining behind.
Whether the apportionment should be made upon the popula-
tion of the towns, or upon their militia enrolment, or upon the
able-bodied citizens liable to draft, after deducting all exemp-
46 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
tions, was a question of more difficulty. The most apparent
objection to the first two bases, was this. There are, in several
towns, large proportions of seamen, who cannot be drafted,
amounting, in some cases, to more than three-fourths of the
whole able-bodied male population ; and these proportions vary,
by very diversified degrees, in different towns. Other places
have large numbers of armorers in the service of the United
States. All of these were enrolled, but none were liable to
draft. If deducted from the population, their families must
also be deducted, and the computation would be rendered very
intricate and to a large degree conjectural.
The militia rolls, returned by the assessors, in pursuance of
General Order No. 38, were also found to be unequal and
unsafe, as a basis of calculation. Although the directions for
making them out were clear and precise, requiring an enrol-
ment of " all able-bodied male citizens between the ages of
eighteen and forty-five," and no others, the assessors of different
towns exercised great diversity in the manner of executing the
duty. Some placed upon their rolls, not only the able-bodied,
but also the maimed, the deformed, the diseased, the deaf, the
lame and the blind. Others enrolled, not only citizens, but
temporary sojourners, and aliens. Others enrolled persons
above the ages of fifty and even sixty. Others, again, left off
large numbers of able-bodied citizens within the required ages,
who were supposed to be exempt for other legal reasons. And
while a large portion of the towns delayed making their returns,
for various causes, several towns which had made them, applied
to have them altered and amended, by striking out and adding
names, in numbers so large, as to vary, materially, the pro-
portion which their enrolment bore to the remainder of the
State.
In this state of the rolls, it was judged safer to make no
authoritative apportionment, until the rolls had been revised
by the drafting commissioners, and their various errors cor-
rected, at the hearings upon applications for exemption, and
thus reduced to a greater equality of method.
Tiie idea of a draft was, from the first, very distasteful
the people of Massachusetts, and they were disposed to- make
the most strenuous efforts, to raise the requisite number by
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3. 47
volunteering, before the time for a draft should arrive. For
this reason, they were anxious to ascertain how many men they
would be required to raise in each town, so that they might
furnish their numbers in advance. To give the desired
information was obviously an impossibility, while two necessary
elements of an accurate calculation were wanting, namely, the
number of enrolled militia in the State, and the amount ot
credit claimed by each town under their selectmen's returns,
called for by General Order No. 38, above-mentioned. Some
of the larger rolls of militia men, amounting to nearly one-
third of the whole number of men, were not received until
almost the very day when they were taken away by the drafting
commissioners, to be used on their hearings of applications for
exemption. And the selectmen's returns of men in service
were some of them equally slow in coming in.
In the absence of any reliable guide to a calculation, estimates,
which were necessarily merely conjectural, and stated to be so
at the time, were furnished, under that qualification, to those
towns which desired them. Two causes, in particular, rendered
these conjectural estimates necessarily erroneous. One was,
that those portions of the assessors' rolls which were first
returned, were, on an average, one-sixth larger than the enrol-
ment of the previous May ; while those which were not returned
till the very last, were less than those of May ; leaving a
deficiency of 5,000 in the supposed basis of estimate, and of at
least 2,000 in the result. The other was, the large amount of
credits claimed by the towns, beyond any reasonable estimate
that could be made in advance.
That estimate was made in this manner : —
The 36 regiments of three years' men (com-
prising the first, second, seventh, and ninth to
forty-first inclusive) at their full complement
of 1,017 men each, would be, . . . 36,612
New enlistments to supply losses in the same, . 5,000
First Regiment of Cavalry, . . . . 1,200
2 companies of Sharpshooters, . . . 202
3 unattached companies of Cavalry, . . 303
1 company of Heavy Artillery at Fort Warren, 156
48 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
9 Liglit Artillery Batteries, including all from
the first to the tenth, (the eighth being' a six
months' Battery,) 1,404
Total State troops, 44,877
To these were added : —
4 companies in the Mozart Regiment, . . 404
2 companies in General Sickles's Brigade, . 202
Boston Irishmen in the third New York Irish
Regiment, ....... 900
1 company in Harris' Cavalry, New York, . 101
Other Massachusetts men in various regiments,
supposed to be about, ..... 436
2,043
Making in the aggregate, ^ . *. . 46,920
To this add the nine months' call, . . . 19,080
Making in all, 66,000
Now, supposing the enrolment for the whole State to be
180,000, as it would have been if all the rolls had borne the
same rate of increase from that of last May, 40 per cent, would
have produced 72,000 ; an amount large enough to cover the
above amounts, and allow for 6,000 seamen in addition. And
even with an enrolment of 176,364, as the footing now appears
to stand, 40 per cent, upon that amount would be 70,545 ; suffi-
cient to cover the amounts required, and leave a liberal margin
for contingencies.
But when the returns from the selectmen were all received,
it was found that the amounts of credits claimed were 53,027
instead of 47,000, being 6,000 more than the estimate ; and,
as will be seen by comparing the totals on pages 43 and
44, nearly 6,000 more than are borne on the descriptive
rolls deposited in this office. This excess absorbed, not
only the margin allowed, but 1,500 more, and, of course,
left a deficiency to that amount in the product of the
apportionment. If we deduct 53,027 from 70,545, we have
but 17,518 left, instead of 19,080, the number required.
Besides this, several seaport towns obtained a proportion of
exemptions so far above the average of the State, amounting,
in one county, to more than three-fourths of the whole enrol-
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3. 49
ment, tliat a much larger proportion was tlirown upon tliose
towns in which ^ew exemptions were applied for and obtained.
The expectation, that a revision of the rolls by the drafting
commissioners would produce more of an equality, was not
realized. In some of the towns, where the town authorities
appreciated the effect upon the apportionment, they bestowed
considerable attention upon the business of exemption, and
procured certificates of examining surgeons for all whom they
knew to be unfit for military duty. By this means, their
number of men apparently liable to draft was reduced. In
other towns, the subject of exemption was unpopular, and the
names of large numbers who were really unfit for military
duty, were suffered to remain upon the militia rolls. In these
latter towns, whose apparent number of able-bodied men was
thus left relatively larger than others having the same popula-
tion, the apportionment was felt much more severely than in the
former class. And in almost all, the increase in the rate of per-
centage, above what they had at first supposed would be the
proportion, caused by the unexpected amount of credits, and
the reduction of the militia rolls by exemptions, operated to
produce dissatisfaction and complaint, until the reasons were
explained. It is much to the credit of the loyal population of
the State, that they have so readily comprehended the reasons
that have been given for unavoidable diversities, and cheerfully
acquiesced in the necessities of the case. Our citizens have
manfully come forward, to do their whole duty to the country
in the existing crisis.
Whatever inequalities might exist in the returns made to
this office, they were not apparent upon the face of those
returns, and the most anxious care was taken that no error
should be permitted in making up the apportionment. Impor-
tant assistance was rendered in this respect by Mr. Charles W.
Eliot, Assistant-Professor of Mathematics at Harvard Univer-
sity, who kindly volunteered his services in making the
calculations, in company with Mr. Frederic G. Bromberg and
Mr. William H. Pettee, connected with the same institution as
assistant teachers. These gentlemen computed the apportion-
ments for the schedules of both October 1st and November 22d,
gratuitously devoting an entire day in each instance to the
complicated and laborious work, and securing perfect accuracy
7
50 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
and freedom from error, notwithstanding the dispatch with
which it was carried through and finished. All the inequalities
which exist, were produced by causes, which this department or
your own could not control ; although every exertion was made
to secure equal and exact justice to all.
Some towns, whose citizens supposed they had fulfilled all
possible requirements, and had apparently exhausted their
present ability to enlist, feeling secure from any further demand,
had obtained no exemptions for physical disabilities ; but now
discovered that the number which they were called upon to
furnish was nearly doubled, for that very reason. Feeling
the great hardship of the call, they applied to the Executive
Department for the privilege of reducing their militia rolls by
exemptions, so that they might stand on an equality with other
towns. It had been ascertained, that several places had enlisted
numbers of men beyond their respective proportions, and that
these surpluses formed quite a considerable amount, apparently
sufficient to make up any deficiency that would arise from
making the allowances prayed for. The privilege of rehearing
was granted in the cases which were first presented, and in a
large number of others which followed in consequence of the
first, until additional numbers of exemptions were allowed to
the amount of over 4,000, reducing the product of the appor-
tionment nearly 2,000. Applications from other towns for the
same privilege continued to come in, until the first day of
October, the day fixed for the draft, after which the commis-
sioners could give no further time to hearing claims for
exemption.
Allowances were also made for additional returns of men
previously in service, but omitted by the town and city officers
by accident or mistake. These were much larger than was an-
ticipated ; producing a further reduction in the product of the
apportionment, of about 1,500, exclusive of new enlistments
for the three years' service.
Still, however, there would probably have been little, if any,
deficiency in the quota of Massachusetts, if it had not been for
a practice which grew up, among some towns where difficulty
was found in enlisting their own citizens, of paying to those
towns which had a surplus the amount of their extra bounties,
and taking a transfer of their men already enlisted, instead of
1863.] house—No. s. 51
procuring new enlistments. This practice arose from their
misinterpretation of a clause in General Order No. 43, which
permits new enlistments in other towns, but docs not authorize
a transfer of men already enlisted. It was, at first, supposed
that the evil would be small, and such transfers were tacitly
allowed ; but the consequence was, that enlistments were
entirely cliecked in a large number of towns, and surpluses
absorbed by transfers to such an extent, as to produce a
deficiency in the quota of the State of nearly two thousand
men.
At this time, although information was freely given that the
transfer of surpluses must necessarily produce such a deficiency,
the citizens of the State had begun to feel that they had fulfilled
all requirements upon them, and had avoided all necessity for
a draft. Seventeen regiments had been nearly filled, namely,
the Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, and Forty-Second to
Fifty-Third inclusive, and most of them had departed for
active service in the field. The Fourth and Forty-Eighth still
wanted two companies each, and another regiment which had
been for a long time vainly endeavoring to fill its ranks, the
Irish regiment, numbered the Fifty-Fifth, contained some five or
six companies, more or less complete. About 16,800 men had
been mustered into the service for nine months, and there had
been about 200 or 300 enlistments in the three years' service,
since the call of July 2, 1862, above the 15,000 that had been
required of Massachusetts. But no provision remained for sup-
plying the balance of nearly 2,000 men that were still lacking.
In this emergency, the War Department, on the 17th of
November, ordered another draft and a new apportionment to
make up the deficiency. In the mean time, a large number of
additional applications had been received for leave to report
exemptions, not only among those remaining at home, but in the
lists of men in the three years' service, the previous returns by
selectmen having made no discrimination between those who
were and those who were not liable to draft, at the time of their
enlistment. Many towns had also applied to make further
returns of omitted soldiers. All of these corrections were
allowed ; and the number of persons in the State apparently
liable to draft, was thereby reduced from 110,638, (the number
reported previously to October 1st,) to 97,408 ; and the number
62 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
of persons in the service who were apparently liable to draft at
the time of their enlistment was reduced from about 54,500
to 43,388. This, of course, rendered it necessary to increase
the percentage of apportionment from about forty-four per cent,
to about fifty-three and a half per cent. A large number of
towns and cities omitted, until it was too late, to make the dis-
crimination which was asked for, between those who were and
those who were not exempt, in the three years' service, and
made application for the privilege of doing so ; but as the
number so omitted was probably as large as five thousand, and
the percentage upon that number would sweep away nearly
the whole product of the apportionment, and render it entirely
nugatory, they could not be allowed. That very evil had been
foreseen, and precaution had been taken, in General Order
No. b6, to notify all the towns that no returns could be received
to vary the apportionment, after the 15th of November.
It is greatly to the credit of the good sense, the loyalty and
patriotism of the people of Massachusetts, that, although many
cases of great inequality and hardship occurred from the omis-
sions of town officers to make returns, or to obtain certificates
of disability for their citizens, in season ; yet, when the causes
of the inequality were explained, the entire accuracy of the
apportionment demonstrated, (upon the supposition that the
returns were all correct,) and the impossibility of now allowing
the corrections pointed out, they at once appreciated and acqui-
esced in the necessity of the case, and applied themselves with
zeal and energy to raise the additional number of men required.
In view of the fact that it was very desirable to increase the
number of three years' troops, it was thought proper to organize
a second cavalry regiment, to be recruited in Massachusetts,
and also to fill the Twelfth, Thirteenth, Fourteenth and
Fifteenth Light Batteries to the required standard, at the same
time promoting, as far as might be, enlistments to fill up the
losses in the regiments in the field. The nine months' regi-
ments which were not full were therefore consolidated, and
General Order No. 60 was issued, giving a liberal allowance of
time to those towns wliich should turn their efforts towards
tliree years' enlistments, in preference to those for nine months.
The effect of this policy was speedily seen. The towns came
1863.]
HOU^E— No. 3.
53
into the movement with alacrity, and the Jeficiont (quotas have
been nearly filled.
The responses of Massachnsetts to the two calls, for 15,000
three years' men, and 19,080 nine months' men, are expected to
stand substantially as follows : —
0)1 the call for 15,000.
Ten regiments of infantry, from Thirty-Second
to Forty-First inclusive, .... 10,189
Ninth light battery, 151
Enlistments in old regiments, batteries, and
companies, from July 1, 1862, to November
13, 1862, according to Col. Day's report of
that date, ....... 4,672
Total, 15,012
0/^ Me 6-a// /or 19,080.
Seventeen regiments of nine months' infantry
including the Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth
Eighth, and Forty-Second to Fifty-Third in
elusive, ......
Eleventh light battery, for nine months, .
Total nine months' men.
Tenth, Twelfth, Thirteenth, and Fifteenth light
batteries, for three years, .
Second and third companies of heavy artillery
for three years, at Fort Warren, .
Third company of sharpshooters, for three years
Second regiment of cavalry, for three years,
Enlistments in old regiments since November
13, 1862, about
Three years' men under the last call,
Total, . . . .
16,742
154
16,896
747
312
101
1,200
550
2,910
19,806
This does not include the Eighth Light Battery, which
enlisted for six months only, and was ordered into active
service June 24, 1862. Thus has Massachusetts nobly made
up her full proportion, and more, of the calls that were made
upon her citizens, by the President of the United States.
54 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
It is much to be regretted, that, in some instances, the
funds, liberally and patriotically contributed by the towns,
have been bestowed upon unworthy adventurers from abroad,
who came here with the deliberate purpose of securing the
bounty, and then deserting, to repeat the same operation in
another State.
The history of the draft has been given at considerable
length, not only because the operation of this means of raising
men for the service is a complete novelty to the present gener-
ation of our citizens, but also because certain evils are apparent
under tiie present system, which can be prevented by legislative
action. The laws upon the subject which are now in force,
were prepared for a very different state of affairs from that
which exists at this time, and are unsuited for a war of this
magnitude.
I. In the first place it may be questionable, whether any
system of apportionment whatever, is desirable ; — and whether
the draft, whenever it is necessary, should not be made to
operate directly upon the able-bodied citizens of the State,
without any reference to town or county boundaries, or town
or county action ; arranging them, perhaps, in classes, accord-
ing to their ages, and the number in their respective families
dependent upon them, and taking those classes successively,
according to the extent of the emergency.
II. But, however that suggestion may be received, it seems
that if any apportionment is made, it should be made and fixed
by legislation, before the emergency arises in which a call is
made for troops to be speedily raised. It should not be left
till the actual call, and then computed upon returns made at
the time by town officers, when the want of time to prepare them
accurately, and more than all, the different and conflicting views
upon which the several towns will act in ascertaining and select-
ing the facts they are to report, will prevent any uniformity
or equality in the apportionment. Several columns in the
following schedule have been arranged, for the purpose of
showing how inevitably these inequalities will be produced,
by the officers of different towns, and sometimes dilTorent officers
of the same towns, with perfect honesty of intention^ and with
no want of intelligence or skill, but merely because the systems
upon which they made up their returns were diverse, and had
18G3.] HOUSE— No. 3. 55
no uniformity of detail. Such must necessarily be the case,
where the minds of men are dilferently constituted. If the
returns were collected and reported upon a uniform system,
by State officers, acting throughout upon the same general
plan, and treating alike all the various classes of cases which
come in view, and with the time necessary to secure accuracy
and uniformity, the present inequality of apportionment would
not exist.
III. If it should not be thought desirable to have the draft
operate directly upon the citizens of the State, but bounties
should be found necessary, it would seem that such bounties
should be paid by the State, instead of the separate towns, and
should be uniform throughout the Commonwealth, without any
competition or emulation as to the amount. It may be a ques-
tion worthy of consideration, whether all bounties should not
be raised, like other taxes ; that is to say, mainly upon property
rather than upon the proportion of able-bodied men in a town ;
thus equalizing the burden of payment in proportion to the
ability to pay. And if bounties are continued, more stringent
and severe measures are necessary, to prevent the desertion
of recruits who come from abroad, or have no recognized
residence, after receiving the money advanced for enlist-
ment. \
IV. It would also seem that exemptions for physical dis-
ability should not be made an element of calculation in an
apportionment. The average of well-founded causes of exemp-
tion is probably very nearly the same throughout the State ;
but when hearings of applications for exemption are had, some
towns, from their geographical position, facilities of travel, and
opportunities for knowledge of individual cases, will be able to
bring a much larger number of bodily defects to the knowledge
of the commissioner, than other towns which are less favorably
situated, or bestow less attention to the subject ; and thereby,
as has been shown in the recent apportionments in this State,
much inequality will be produced, without intentional unfair-
ness. A comparison of three different calculations in the
following schedule, all based upon the same state of facts, but
upon different returns, will show what wide diversities of result
are produced, and in a great degree from this cause alone.
Other columns which have been added to the same schedule,
56
ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
[Jan.
may prove suggestive in other points of view, in case legislation
upon the subject sliould be thought advisable.
V. It is also woi'thy of consideration, whether the list of
causes for exemption, now allowed by statute, sliould not be
somewhat modified. It may admit of a question, whether any
sufficient reason exists, for instance, for exempting firemen
from draft, or officers who have lield a commission in the
militia. And there can be no doubt that persons employed in
the naval service of the United States should be expressly
exempted, although they are not at present, either by statute,
or the instructions issued from the War Department.
Barnstable County.
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570
172
84
60
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106
124
Brewster, . . .
194
39
6
9
-
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21
25
Chatham, . . .
430
68
43
11
6
8
42
42
Dennis, . . .
469
74
36
21
-
19
40
51
Eastham, . . .
129
41
4
12
-
-
21
29
Fahiiouth, . .
353
97
63
35
-
34
64
70
Harwich, . . .
536
59
51
26
-
31
40
46
Orleans, . . .
266
53
9
6
4
4
28
32
Provincetown, .
380
63
29
15
1
24
34
41
Sandwich, . .
611
211
171
162
-
14
158
199
Truro, . . . .
318
31
11
10
-
-
18
22
Wellfleet, . . .
346
41
13
14
-
-
22
30
Yarmouth, . .
388
72
28
19
-
11
40
49
Totals, . . .
4,990
1,021
548
400
11
167
634
760
Quota as it would be on the August enrolment, {i'^i^^g^^^ P^^ cent.,) 2,130.
Berkshire County.
Adams, . . .
960
661
84
431
_
483
584
Alford,. .
71
29
6
6
3
-
18
19
Becket, .
194
124
57
57
_
-
55
96
Cheshire, .
221
107
51
52
_
3
96
85
Clarksburg,
71
49
18
22
-
-
30
38
Dalton,
109
64
47
44
10
~
66
58
Egremont,
153
90
6
23
_
58
64
Florida, .
90
56
15
14
4
-
33
37
Gt. Barrington, .
533
310
58
146
9
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266
244
1863.]
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Hancock, .
83
51
17
23
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33
39
Hinsdale, .
. 146
90
4
47
-
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77
73
Lanesborougl
, . 181
92
32
35
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70
68
Lee, . .
. 528
263
136
142
-
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214
217
Lenox, . .
. 247
149
42
49
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90
106
Monterey,
. 145
62
24
33
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51
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34
4
10
-
-
19
24
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. 47
19
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11
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15
16
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gh, 276
. 164
135
56
67
32
66
32
1
4
1
110
58
108
47
Peru, . .
69
42
20
17
5
_
29
31
Pittsfield, .
. 1,173
686
163
391
-
553
576
Richmond,
85
70
2
12
15
-
42
44
Sandisfield,
. 196
96
8
20
6
-
82
62
Savoy, . .
Sheffield, .
. 141
. 393
69
221
31
66
34
77
2
-
55
163
55
159
Stockbridge,
. 278
148
.69
47
19
1
105
104
Tyringham,
88
37
7
12
2
-
31
26
Washington,
76
47
4
22
-
-
37
37
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ge, 152
102
41
37
9
2
66
74
Williamstown
, . 358
205
88
90
24
-
141
158
Windsor, .
. 129
50
25
28
5
_
56
42
Totals, .
. 7,455
4,220
1,232
2,030
118
7
3,213
3,342
Quota as It would be on the August enrolment, 3,182.
Bristol County.
Acushnet, . . .
199
66
34
29
1
10
42
51
Attleborough, .
822
382
*
270
48
5
351
349
Berkley, . . .
127
46
33
36
-
1
36
44
Dartmouth, . .
444
204
48
51
-
15
107
136
Dighton, . . .
254
144
42
59
-
1
88
109
Easton, . . .
435
234
65
122
25
2
163
190
Fairhaven, . .
495
174
49
54
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19
92
12-2
Fall River, . .
1,779
1,074
203
264
314
40
880
715
Freetown, . .
204
98
44
44
7
7
71
76
Mansfield, . .
317
160
116
94
20
8
122
136
New Bedford, .
3,214
1,720
535
458
230
1,270
1,041
1,165
Norton, . . .
200
108
10
50
_
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84
83
Raynham,
197
110
11
82
12
1
115
103
Rehoboth, . . .
320
146
53
76
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-
125
119
Seekonk, . . .
135
70
33
44
_
2
61
61
Somerset, . . .
281
151
26
52
16
11
98
109
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58
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[Jan.
Bristol County — Continued.
Quota as it would be on the August enrolment, 5,102.
Dukes County.
Chilmark, .
Edgartown,
Tisburj, .
Totals, .
117
14
6
11
_
2
23
345
55
32
27
_
28
64
306
44
27
16
6
13
59
768
113
65
54
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43
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226
122
38
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Taunton, . . .
1,947
993
445
557
175
93
884
829
Westport, . . .
355
187
23
37
27
18
118
120
Totals, . . .
11,951
6,189
1,808
2,430
875
1,503
4,550
4,609
Quota as it would be on the August enrolment, 328.
Essex County.
Amesbury, . .
476
338
61
157
56
8
244
265
Andover, . .
595
334
225
203
19
_
245
287
Beverly, . .
992
494
247
223
89
57
400
383
Boxford, . .
156
87
44
38
12
_
67
67
Bradford, .
272
139
58
58
3
_
90
105
Danvers, .
801
415
232
2.54
129
-
395
358
Essex, . .
295
187
72
86
-
-
120
146
Georgetown,
317
191
61
71
23
10
132
140
Gloucester,
1,906
642
400
369
142
324
512
541
Groveland,
266
121
59
69
_
4
85
102
Hamilton,
146
62
38
38
2
1
60
54
Haverhill,
1,875
890
640
657
173
20
823
827
Ipswich, .
566
260
212
210
5
16
241
251
Lawrence,
1,360
1,188
97
673
360
-
981
995
Lynn, . .
3,494
1,758
569
861
293
65
1,289
1,401
Lynnfield,
116
57
9
29
3
1
59
46
Manchester,
235
125
61
70
14
6
89
104
Marblehead,
1,183
587
278
359
-
93
419
506
Methuen, .
456
251
148
110
23
3
173
193
Middleton,
171
82
66
55
13
2
68
73
Nahant, .
73
40
18
16
_
2
26
30
Newbury, .
225
152
31
47
-
2
96
106
Newburyport, .
1,757
1,016
467
548
-
83
692
836
North Andover, .
293
217
26
65
-
_
128
151
Kockport, . . .
541
249
130
124
20
26
173
200
18G3.]
HOUSE— No.
59
Essex County — Continued.
cities and Towns.
S P 3
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Rowley, . .
Salem, . . .
Salisbury, . .
Saugus, . .
South Danvers,
Swampscott, .
Topsfield, . .
Wenham, . .
West Newbury,
Totals, . .
185
3,232
498
364
948
279
173
196
326
24,768
104
1,631
313
206
630
139
117
113
199
13,334
49
1,217
137
88
254
68
36
76
• 68
74
1,310
138
111
311
59
42
86
63
109
15
5
9
6,242
7,584
1,517
1
215
14
7
9
982
86
1,304
203
139
481
88
80
90
121
10,199
95
1,573
241
170
503
106
85
106
140
11,186
Quota as it would be on the August enrolment, 10,575.
Franklin County.
Ashfield, . . .
225
88
45
50
_
_
61
74
Bernai'dston,
137
71
31
27
6
-
47
52
Buckland,
220
154
61
60
-
4
96
114
Charlemont, .
160
90
39
40
3
-
59
69
Colrain, . .
234
136
19
34
-
-
92
91
Conway, . .
216
119
40
65
-
-
82
98
Deerfield, . .
359
217
33
87
15
2
149
163
Erving,
86
40
28
27
10
-
35
36
Gill, ....
102
44
20
27
-
-
30
38
Greenfield,
543
270
103
134
17
3
233
216
Hawley, .
129
66
28
34
-
-
45
53
Heath, . .
107
45
20
23
—
— .
39
36
Leverett, .
90
58
9
29
3
-
43
47
Leyden, .
80
41
16
23
2
-
38
34
Monroe, .
45
23
4
4
-
-
12
14
Montague,
245
113
54
64
6
-
94
95
New Salem,
121
87
45
47
-
-
61
72
Northfield,
261
109
61
70
-
-
94
96
Orange, .
275
118
70
75
-
-
85
103
Rowe, . .
69
38
3
16
-
-
22
29
Shelburne,
278
159
47
58
7
-
100
116
Shutesbury,
87
43
22
22
1
-
30
35
Sunderland,
98
44
28
29
-
-
32
39
Warwick, .
147
64
53
53
_
-
58
63
Wendell, .
109
42
28
33
-
_
34
40
Whately, .
184
83
22
27
2
-
56
59
Totals, .
• •
4,607
2,362
929
1,158
72
9
1,727
1,882
Quota as it would be on the August enrolment, 1,967.
60
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Hampden County.
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Aga-vvam, . . .
198
141
14
33
22
86
93
Blandford, . .
197
108
37
36
4
-
65
77
Brimfield, . . .
228
90
60
47
9
-
87
73
Chester, . . .
169
97
32
31
6
-
62
69
Chicopee, . . .
1,120
594
65
234
105
-
453
443
Granville,. . .
232
128
55
64
_
_
87
103
Holland, . . .
52
23
4
7
-
-
19
16
Holyoke, . . .
537
340
120
109
66
-
227
240
Longmeadow, .
194
82
54
42
16
_
69
66
Ludlow, . . .
205
68
52
45
5
-
88
60
Monson, . . .
301
175
72
75
10
_
135
134
Montgomery,
09
39
15
17
-
_
24
30
Palmer, . . .
363
199
90
124
-
4
171
173
Kussell, . . .
80
40
23
24
_
28
34
Southwick, . .
187
100
39
44
-
2
64
77
Springfield, . .
3,439
1,269
102
723
336
49
1,059
1,065
Tolland, . . .
85
42
17
17
1
-
27
32
Wales,. . . .
131
59
28
34
3
_
58
50
Westfield,. . .
924
494
196
219
18
_
350
381
W. Springfield, .
268
164
52
81
_
-
111
131
Wilbraham, . .
338
129
76
103
-
-
141
124
Totals, . . .
9,317
4,381
1,203
2,109
601
55
3,411
3,471
Quota as it would be on the August enrolment, 3,977.
Hampshire County.
Amherst, . . .
545
238
135
130
_
3
166
197
Belchertown,
419
211
103
105
-
_
144
169
Chesterfield, . .
137
79
24
31
-
2
50
59
Cummington,
162
58
13
27
3
-
48
46
Easthampton,
261
151
51
65
-
1
105
116
Enfield, . . .
151
86
33
32
2
_
52
63
Goshen, . . .
67
28
14
20
-
1
22
26
Granby, . . .
143
71
31
28
4
-
51
53
Greenwich, . .
110
44
16
28
_
-
36
39
Hadley, . . .
306
128
59
63
3
2
97
102
Hatfield, . . .
194
92
55
47
9
-
78
74
Huntington, . .
126
103
*
61
5
-
75
88
Middlefield, . .
98
44
12
16
5
1
34
32
Northampton, ,
1,066
614
249
313
_
3
410
496
Pelham, . . .
131
41
oo
27
—
1
32
36
Plainfield, . .
95
69
10
16
3
-
38
46
Prescott, . . .
102
40
24
27
4
-
32
36
South Iladley, .
246
160
35
55
26
-
109
118
Southampton, .
183
80
44
43
4
1
56
66
* No report.
1863.]
HOUSE— No. 3.
61
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Ware, ....
449
192
165
121
42
3
1.57
167
Westliampton, .
89
46
18
22
-
-
30
36
AVilliamsburg, .
330
141
102
94
-
4
129
126
Worthington,
156
89
18
26
-
-
59
62
Totals, . . .
5,566
2,811
1,233
1,397
110
22
2,010
2,253
Quota as it would be on the August enrolment, 2,377.
Middlesex County.
Acton, ....
197
167
*
69
11
2
118
126
Ashby, . . .
199
104
40
33
10
-
64
73
Ashland, . .
301
161
65
55
20
1
106
115
Bedford, . .
132
58
44
26
10
4
49
45
Belmont, . .
163
98
25
27
17
-
73
67
Billerica, . .
263
117
80
72
8
2
116
101
Boxborough, .
72
32
16
16
2
-
33
26
Brighton, .
572
337
159
149
27
10
249
260
Burlington,
121
58
27
16
6
1
43
40
Cambridge,
4,039
2,390
1,009
1,203
-
123
1,762
1,921
Carlisle, . .
117
70
38
36
-
-
47
57
Charlestown,
3,958
2,320
t
1,258
130
434
1,790
1,913
Chelmsford,
303
182
39
83
-
-
121
142
Concord, .
288
178
49
57
19
4
126
126
Dracut,
280
124
56
60
22
2
119
98
Dunstable,
89
59
7
15
4
_
34
40
Framingham,
516
372
113
108
21
3
220
257
Groton,
473
262
114
105
26
6
187
196
Holliston, .
528
234
192
172
21
5
206
217
Hopkinton,
531
312
139
178
29
10
254
262
Lexington,
245
166
44
72
28
9
124
127
Lincoln, .
91
57
15
22
4
-
40
42
Littleton, .
138
73
30
29
13
2
56
55
Lowell,
3,585
2,961
358
1,402
696
159
2,199
2,333
Maiden, .
768
481
59
189
76
28
399
358
Marlborough,
877
590
171
226
106
-
399
436
Medford, .
766
483
212
199
26
-
301
365
Melrose, .
432
275
96
70
30
1
174
184
Natick,
706
262
280
372
107
-
346
339
Newton, .
1,321
825
275
263
50
33
510
582
North Readic
g' •
216
96
%
62
7
6
89
84
Pepperell,
209
142
27
69
-
1
100
113
Reading, .
409
167
105
101
24
1
174
143
Sherborn, .
180
71
33
35
7
-
55
57
Shirley, .
214
112
61
48
21
2
91
86
Somerville,
1,154
850
155
456
—
11
551
698
* No report.
t Report late.
; Incomplete.
62
ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
[Jan.
Middlesex County — Continued.
Cities and Towns.
3
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S
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1^
Non-exempts, as re-
ported by Drafting
Commissioners.
Non-exempts in 3
years' service, as
reported by Asses-
sors.
o S c
CO
Exempts in 3 .vears'
service, as report-
ed by Selectmen.
Number in the Uni-
ted States Naval
service.
1 1
Quotas by schedule
of Nov. 22, 1862.
South Heading, .
519
324
186
149
38
2
224
253
Stoneham, . .
035
399
212
226
_
4
267
334
Stow, . . . .
165
112
16
50
23
-
90
87
Sudbury, . . .
183
117
50
53
_
—
76
91
Tewksbury, . .
153
47
41
43
3
1
66
48
Townsend, . .
339
172
76
78
_
_
110
134
Tyngsborough, .
107
50
29
35
_
-
36
45
Waltham, . . .
913
486
285
205
84
12
347
370
Watertown, . .
506
269
118
99
15
11
169
197
Wayland, . . .
160
92
49
52
_
2
64
77
West Cambridge,
450
280
119
105
17
8
176
206
Westfoi-d, . . .
256
150
84
86
-
3
106
126
Weston, . . .
174
89
29
36
2
_
65
67
WilminiTton, . .
134
70
32
34
8
2
62
56
Winchester, .. .
285
166
63
62
_
4
107
122
Woburn, . . .
975
545
291
198
113
23
420
397
Totals, . . .
30,407
18,614
5,813
8,864
1,881
932
13,710
14,694
Quota as it would be on the August enrolment, 12,982.
Nantucket County.
Nantucket,
622
198
168
165
88
160
194
Quota as it would be on the August enrolment, 266.
Norfolk County.
Bellinoham, . .
197
107
53
62
_
1
72
90
Braintree,
610
265
174
95
72
7
194
193
Brookline,
667
504
84
99
155
13
344
323
Canton, .
440
246
82
79
_
5
143
174
Cohasset, .
305
124
63
48
12
8
86
92
Dedham, .
807
496
112
145
72
5
327
343
Dorchester,
1,584
787
467
343
152
31
694
604
Dover, . .
76
31
25
20
0
-
24
27
Foxborough,
355
173
01
67
18
0
118
128
Franklin, .
290
177
85
95
1
2
119
145
Medfield, .
151
57
37
21
6
o
37
42
Medway, .
444
251
108
116
22
-
172
196
Milton, . .
369
101
05
90
15
_
100
150
Needham, .
348
169
06
75
_
4
138
131
Quincy, .
903
565
380
249
121
18
415
435
Randolph,
854
475
203
211
94
13
394
367
1863.]
HOUSE— No. 3.
Norfolk County — Continued.
63
cities and Towns.
3
<!
o
a
1 ■
w
Non-exempts, as re-
ported by Drafting
Commissioners.
Non-exempts in 3
years' service, a.=
reported by Asses-
sors.
Same as derived
from the Select-
men's Keturns.
•III
Number in the I'ui-
ted States Naval
service.
Quotas by schedule
of October 1, 1S62.
Quotas by schedule
of Nov. 22, 1862.
Koxbury, . . .
Sharon, . . .
Stoughton, . .
Walpole, . . .
West Roxbury, .
Weymouth, . .
Wrentham, . ,
3,054
180
824
282
- 716
1,308
428
2,017
104
375
129
473
694
227
764
31
23!)
61
82
313
136
773
49
133
49
145
312
131
542
119
16
66
90
4
113
16
2
16
10
1
1,424
68
275
83
536
346
159
1,492
82
272
95
331
538
191
Totals, . . .
15,282
8,637
3,727
3,407
1,579
269
6,328
6,441
Quota as it would be on the August enrolment, 6,524.
Plymouth County.
Abington, . . .
1,330
832
266
290
109
7
570
600
Bridgewater, . .
433
247
59
91
5
4
159
181
Carver, . . .
226
132
59
55
-
6
86
100
Duxbury, . . .
404
178
95
97
-
12
121
147
E. Bridgewater, .
560
263
152
160
_
2
210
226
Halifax, . . .
143
53
33
33
1
-
51
46
Hanover, . . .
300
164
64
54
9
7
101
117
Hanson, . . .
258
90
42
54
6
-
75
78
Hingham, . . .
642
351
181
134
38
9
253
260
Hull, ....
41
13
2
4
—
_
13
9
Kingston, . . .
239
115
50
49
_
1
94
88
Lakeville,. .
212
108
23
32
4
-
63
75
Marion, . .
144
42
28
18
2
13
27
32
Marshfield, . .
308
160
72
68
4
—
110
122
Mattapoisett, . .
226
97
39
24
_
24
58
65
Middleborough, .
723
298
210
199
7
9
246
266
N. Bridgewater, .
884
564
179
238
88
7
431
429
Pembroke, . .
235
138
23
47
5
_
85
99
Plymouth, . .
917
352
302
332
-
52
329
366
Plympton, . .
161
78
56
51
5
2
62
69
Rochester, . .
209
92
41
30
-
12
55
65
Scituate, . . .
401
174
88
84
7
2
147
138
South Scituate, .
286
154
57
54
6
2
92
112
Wareham, . .
482
201
169
177
-
28
178
203
W. Bridgewater,
264
167
67
63
23
4
115
118
Totals, . . .
10,028
5,063
2,357
2,438
319
203
3,731
4,011
Quota as it would be on the August enrolment, 4,281.
G4
ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
[Jan.
Suffolk County.
Cities and Towns.
o
g
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^= «
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Non-exempts in 3
years' service, as
reported by Asses-
sors.
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Boston, . . .
Chelsea, . . .
North Chelsea, .
Winthrop, . .
25,110
2,279
122
74
17,470
1,260
60
42
*
399
44
11
4,782
406
35
27
2,684
94
697
109
3
2
11,750
809
48
31
11,900
891
50
37
Totals, . . .
27,585
18,832
454
5,250
2,778
811
12,641
12,878
Quota as it would be on the August enrolment, 11,776.
Worcester County.
Ashburnham,
330
157
78
118
_
_
130
147
Athol, ....
521
263
162
171
-
3
191
232
Auburn, .
126
81
37
52
-
-
58
71
Barre, . .
502
257
69
77
18
-
179
179
Berlin, . .
194
85
60
66
-
-
76
81
Blackstone,
538
320
63
111
149
7
300
231
Bolton, . .
223
106
50
48
12
1
81
82
Boylston, .
123
71
32
36
-
_
49
57
Brookfield,
424
173
140
153
—
-
181
174
Charlton, .
315
186
65
85
2
-
116
145
Clinton, .
446
167
120
123
93
-
173
155
Dana, . .
148
59
38
41
4
-
60
54
Douglas, .
360
196
87
86
9
-
143
151
Dudley, .
213
124
71
75
-
1
88
106
Fitchburg,
1,404
613
324
300
38
.. -
415
488
Gardner, .
456
187
119
126
—
5
160
167
Grafton, .
527
269
123
144
19
-
233
221
Hardwick,
245
129
59
60
-
-
84
101
Harvard, .
206
91
51
52
7
1
76
77
Holden, .
277
111
73
75
10
-
111
100
Hubbardston,
288
95
74
66
9
-
99
86
Lancaster,
229
122
73
65
11
2
94
100
Leicester, .
325
210
49
112
-
1
142
172
Leominster,
551
208
147
184
-
2
223
210
Lunenburg,
134
72
54
63
-
-
76
72
Mendon, .
215
121
40
48
11
2
96
90
IVIilford, .
1,379
713
277
386
247
19
692
588
Millbury, .
417
240
57
116
20
-
183
190
New Braintree, .
114
48
11
20
3
-
39
36
Northborough, .
236
105
71
68
14
-
97
93
Nortlibridge, . .
382
182
89
120
25
1
163
162
N. Brookfield, .
331
141
88
83
8
3
126
120
Oakham, . . .
160
70
37
43
-
-
65
60
Oxford, . . .
444
230
145
109
34
1
182
181
Paxton, . . .
121
67
26
32
-
-
44
53
* No report.
1863.]
HOUSE— No. 3.
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232
126
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110
60
35
31
4
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42
49
Princeton,
185
81
28
43
8
-
87
66
Royalston,
268
90
70
81
-
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108
92
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-61
78
4
37
-
1
59
62
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251
133
41
57
10
1
107
102
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198
125
31
60
26
2
108
99
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416
214
81
111
-
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187
174
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384
181
138
115
28
-
161
158
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275
152
47
48
14
-
102
107
Sturbridge,
291
123
75
73
-
-
116
105
Sutton, . .
361
157
125
105
10
2
143
140
Templeton,
435
208
118
127
2
-
147
179
Upton, . .
''
271
138
82
74
21
1
115
118
Uxbridge,
370
204
77
111
33
6
176
169
Warren, .
276
118
68
57
9
4
81
94
Webster, . '
438
234
99
105
72
-
203
179
Westborough
399
174
86
94
30
2
171
143
West Boylston, .
372
148
72
75
8
-
110
119
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166
85
59
48
16
3
72
71
Westminster,
227
89
81
81
8
-
86
91
Winchendon,
407
155
129
145
24
_
157
161
Worcester, . .
3,721
2,291
402
858
356
8
1,518
1,684
Totals, .
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23,018
11,633
5,061
6,102
1,428
87
9,378
9,484
Quota as it would be on the August enrolment, 9,827.
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1S63.] HOUSE— No. 3. 67
Under the provisions of section five, cliaptcr one hundred
and eleven, of the statutes of 18G2, most of the companies of
the Volunteer Militia of the State paraded one day in tlie
month of May, for inspection, drill and discipline. The num-
ber of men inspected was three thousand and sixty-eight. A
portion only of the troops went into camp under section six of
said chapter, the recruitment for the nine months' service
having commenced at the time usually allotted for fall encamp-
ments. The number of men inspected in camp was eight
hundred and thirty-three. The Fourth Battalion of Infantry,
Major Lee, performed two separate days' duty in lieu of camp
service — present one hundred and sixty men.
The Volunteer Militia has been reduced, during the year, to
a small number of corps available for service in the State, the
Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth
Regiments and the Second and Fourth Battalions of Infantry
having been recruited to the regimental standard required by
the United States, and thoroughly reorganized for active duty,
and mustered into the service of the United States, together
with the Battery of Light Artillery, of the First Brigade, as a
part of the militia contingent of Massachusetts.
The organized corps now in the State are the First Battalion
of Light Dragoons, (two companies,) Major Wilder, and the
corps of Cadets, Lieutenant-Colonel Holmes, in Boston ; the
company of Light Dragoons, in North Bridgewater, Captain
Shaw ; the company of Cadets, Major Marks, the company of
Infantry, Captain Staten, and the section of Light Artillery,
Captain Wilson, in Salem ; and the company of Light Dragoons,
Captain Stanley, in Waltham.
The number of militia commissions issued in 1862 is nine
hundred and eighty-eight ; officers in commission for nine
months' service, six hundred and forty-seven. Number of
discharges in the militia during the year, two hundred and
ninety-nine. Of these, ninety-five were third and fourth
lieutenants, discharged under General Order No. 7, fifty-three
were officers of disbanded corps, and ten were officers in the
late Fifty-Fifth Regiment, dishonorably discharged the service.
The appropriations and expenditures for the year 1862 are as
follows : —
68
ADJUTANT-GENERIL'S REPORT.
[Jan.
Appropriation for militia bounty,
Drawn, ......
Balance, . . . . .
Appropriation for Quartermaster-General
Master of Ordnance Department,
Drawn, ......
Balance, .....
Appropriation for military accounts,
Drawn, ......
Balance,
Appropriation for office incidentals, .
Drawn, ......
Balance, .....
Appropriation for armory rents,*
Appropriation for extra clerk hire, . '
Drawn,
Balance
s and
143,000 00
24,868 80
,131 20
$5,000 00
2,649 41
12,350 59
$5,500 00
3,896 44
$1,603 56
$2,000 00
1,580 67
$419 33
^11,000 00
$5,000 00
4,579 86
$420 14
The business of this Department has largely increased during
the past year, and has rendered necessary the employment of
additional clerks and employees, whose salaries and terms of
service were as follows : —
William Rogers, (Ass't Adj. Gen.,) from Aug. 23
'62, to Dec. 31, '62, at $1,500 per annum, .
Nehemiah Brown, from Jan. 1, '62 to Jan. '63,
William E. Wilson, " " " "
Herbert A. Smith, from Jan. 1, '62 to April 20, '62
F. H. Russell, from March 1, '62 to Jan. '63, .
Ernest W. Brenner, 3 days' service in May, at $2,
" '• " from July 15, '62 to Dec. 1, '62
. $537 00
. 1,200
00
843
34
183
33
800
00
6
00
230
00
* Accounts not yet rendered. Trobiibly $8,000 will be required.
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3. 09
E. H. Clapp, from Aug. 11, '62 to Jan. '63, . . |280 34
P. E. Sanderson, from Sept. 18, '62 to Jan. '63, . 220 00
James Barnes, from Dec. 1, '62 to Jan. '63, . . 60 00
Lewis Gaul, (Messenger,) from Jan.'62 to Jan.'63, . 782 50
Wm. Jackson, (Messenger,) 3 days in May '62, at |2, 6 00
David Pulsifer, work on Descriptive Rolls, in Sept., 40 00
Expenses in procuring Rolls at camps, . . . 61 25
$5,249 76
During the past year there have been issued from this office
sixty-three General Orders, covering one hundred and seventeen
manuscript pages, against twenty-eight Orders, covering thirty-
eight pages for the year 1861, and of Special Orders, thirteen
hundred and twenty-three, making four hundred and eighty-
nine manuscript pages, against six hundred and fifty-one
Orders of three hundred and sixteen pages for the year 1861.
Five thousand seven hundred and twenty letters, covering
upwards of thirty-eight hundred pages have been written and
recorded this year, against eleven hundred and eighty-six
letters during the year 1861.
Seventeen hundred and twenty-five commissions have been
issued during the year, to officers of three years troops, in
addition to the nine hundred and eighty-eight militia and nine
months commissions before mentioned.
Upwards of thirty thousand certificates of enlistment have
been issued to families of volunteers, and the average number
of persons visiting the office on business is over two hundred
a day.
The amount of labor required to be performed has taxed to
the utmost the powers of all connected with this Department,
since the commencement of the war, and the difficulty of doing
the work satisfactorily has been aggravated by the size and
insufficient ventilation of our rooms.
Several of the Colonels of our Regiments, and Captains of our
Batteries at the seat of war, have never failed to send to these
Head-quarters a monthly report of the condition of their
commands, but the greater number have failed to do it,
though requested. These monthly reports are of great
value, and I would respectfully impress upon our officers in
70 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
command of our troops in distant fields, to have hereafter
monthly reports sent here.
In order that an accurate sketcli of each Regiment and
Battery might be given in this Report, I sent in October last a
copy of the following letter to each Colonel and Adjutant of a
Regiment, and to each Captain of a Battery, and received from
them the information I desired, with two or three exceptions : —
Adjutant-General's Office, )
Boston, Oct., 1862. f
The time is near at hand when I must make my Annual Report to
his Excellency the Govei-nor, and the Legislature. It is my purpose,
as it is my wish, to be as accurate and as full as I can. I also wish to
embody in it a sketch of each Regiment and Battery belonging to
Massachusetts, showing —
The camps occupied, their names, and location.
The marches made, and when made.
The battles in which the Regiment or Battery was engaged.
The number of killed in each battle, belonging to the Regiment.
The number of wounded in each battle.
The number of prisoners and missing in each battle.
The total number of killed, wounded, prisoners and deserters belonging
to the Regiment, since the Regiment left the State.
The number who have died from sickness, and such incidents,
changes, and matters of interest as you may deem valuable to be
preserved.
I wish the facts to be stated as compactly as possible, and I shall
make good use of them. It will probably not be possible to insert in
my Report the entire narrative of each Regiment and Battery, as it would
make the Report too large. My intention is to make an abstract of each,
giving the prominent facts which it contains — preserving in our archives
the original documents, for future historians of this rebellion to examine,
when they write the part which Massachusetts troops have taken in it.
I wish to have the reports made up to the 10th of November, and
forwarded to me as soon as possible after that date. When my Report
is published, I shall take much pleasure in sending a copy of it to
yourself, and to each of the officers in your command.
Respectfully yours,
William Schoulek, Adjutant- General.
A circular was also addressed by your Excellency, on the 7th
of November, to those Generals under whose immediate com-
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3. 71
maud the Massachusetts troops have served during- the present
war, as follows : —
Executive DErARXMEN
Nov
£NT, Boston,")
)v. 7, 18G2. I
General, — By my order a circular letter (of which a copy is here-
with enclosed,) has been addressed to the commanding officers of the
Massachusetts Volunteer forces, for the purpose of compiling from the
answers a summary of the history of those forces since they took the
field, for the information of the Legislature of this Commonwealth.
Knowing that, during the progress of the war, troops of this State
have served under your command, and having reason to believe that
their services may have been not without satisfaction to you, I take the
liberty to bring this subject to your attention. If, during the next few
weeks, you shall have the leisure for the purpose, I shall esteem it an
obligation if you Avill favor me with an expression of your opinion of
the merits of the Massachusetts corps with which you have had occasion
to be acquainted, — with the understanding that I shall be at liberty to
communicate your letter to the Legislature. And if you shall be able
to make any suggestions of legislation by which Massachusetts may
promote the efficiency and welfare of her soldiers, they will be gratefully
received, and I shall be glad to present them to the same body.
I have the honor to be.
Respectfully, your obedient servant,
John A. Andrew,
Governor of 3IassachuseUs.
Answers were received from Generals Grover, Heintzelman,
Gordon, Williams, Barry, Abercrombie, Sully, Sedgwick,
Devens, Howard, Viele, Wool, Martindale, Burnside, Phelps,
Benham and Meagher, which are printed in connection with
the historical accounts of several of the regiments to which
they particularly refer, in the following pages ; and a letter
containing valuable information and suggestions was received
in reply to the same circular from General Casey, which is
printed at the end of the narratives of the three years' troops.
In these narratives of the several Regiments and Batteries, I
have followed very closely the manuscripts furnished me by the
several officers. This will account for the different styles in
which they are written, and which I trust will add to, rather
than take from, the interest of the whole.
72
ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
FIRST REGIMENT.
[Jan.
■
1
Date of Commis-
NAMES.
Rank.
sions.
Robert Cowdin, ....
Colonel,
. May 22, 1861,
George D. Wells, .
Lieut.-Colonel, .
22, "
Charles Peleg Chandler, .
Major,
22, "
Richard H. Salter, .
Surgeon, .
30, "
Samuel A. Green, .
Assistant-Surgeo
n, . 2.5, "
Warren H. Cudworth,
Chaplain, .
27, "
John R. Lee, (Rgt. Lt. Qrm'r,]
)
First Lieutenant
, . 25, "
William C. Johnston, (Rgt. Lt.'
Qr.,)
" "
. Aug. 26, "
Francis Le Baron Munroe,
Assistant-Surgeo
n, . Sept. 3, "
Thomas F. Oakes, .
a u
. July 29, 1862,
Clark B. Baldwin, .
Lieut.-Colonel, .
. Sept. 8, "
Gardner Walker, .
Major,
8, "
Napoleon B. McLaughlen
)
Colonel, .
. Oct. 1, "
Edward A. Wild, .
Captain, .
. May 22, 1861,
Edward Pearl,
u
22, "
Gardner Walker, .
((
22, "
Ebenezer W. Stone, Jr.,
u
. , 22, »
Clark B. Baldwin, .
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Alfred W. Adams, .
((
22, "
Henry A. Snow,
((
22 "
Sumner Carruth,
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Charles E. Rand, .
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22, «
Abial G. Chamberlain,
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22, "
George H. Smith, .
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. Aug. 26, "
Francis H. Ward, .
(<
26, «
George E. Henry, .
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. July 12, 1862,
Charles M. Jordan,
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18, "
Charles S. Kendall,
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24, "
William C. Johnston,
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. Aug. 21, "
Francis W. Carruth,
11
. Sept. 8, "
Miles Farwell,
a
9, "
Henry Parkinson, .
u
. Oct. 3, "
William L. Candler,
First Lieutenan
t, . May 25, 1861,
George H. Smith, .
u u
25, "
Joseph Hibbert, Jr.,
u u
25, »
Charles M. Jordan,
u a
25, «
George H. Johnston,
u a
25, "
John L. Rogers,
u a
25, «
William H. Lawrence,
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25, «
Albert S. Austin, .
u u
25, "
Charles E. Mudge, .
a a
25, "
William H. Sutherland,
u a
25, "
George E. Henry, .
u a
. July 13, "
Charles S. Kendall,
a a
. Aug. 26, "
Charles L. Chandler,
u u
. M'ch 21, 1862,
Francis W. Carruth,
a u
. May 8, »
Miles Farwell,
u u
13, "
AVilliam P. Cowie, .
u u
. July 12, "
John McDonough, .
u a
1, "
John M. Mandeville,
U (.i
17, »
Forrester A. Pelby,
u a
18, «
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FIRST KEGIMENT.
73
IMscliargcd.
Boston,
Salem,
Boston,
Medway,
Dartmouth,
Boston,
a
Capt. 4th U. S
Brookline,
Boston,
u
Koxbury,
Boston,
((
Somerville,
Chelsea,
Boston,
Eoxbuiy,
Boston,
Roxbury,
Boston,
Brookline,
Boston,
Charlestown,
Boston,
Chelsea,
Boston,
B,oxbury,
Boston,
a
Brookline,
Boxbury,
Boston, .
Koxbury, .
Chelsea, .
Cohasset, ,
July 30, lSG-2,
N0V.21', 1SG2.
Aug. 3, 1861.
Aujr. 3, 1861.
July 17, 1862.
Aug. 3, 1861.
July 11, 1862.
Oct. 2, 1862.
May 7
July 13
Aug. 30
1862,
1861.
1862,
Appt'd Brig.-Gen. Volunteers, Oct. 1, '62.
Prom'd Col. 34th Regt. Vol's, July 16, '62.
Killed in battle, June 30, 1862.
Promoted Surgeon 24th Regt., Sept. 2, '61.
Promoted Captain, Aug. 21, 1862.
Commiss'd Major 32d Regt. M. V., July 24,
- ['62, now Col. 35th Regt.
Promoted Major, Sept. 8, 1862.
Promoted Lieut.-Colonel, Sept. 8, 1862.
Appt'd Major 35th Regt. Aug. 20, '62, now
- - ' [Lieut.-Col.
Declined promot'n. Commis'n cancelled.
On General Plooker's Staff.
Promoted Captain, Aug. 26, 1861.
Appointed Assist.-General, May 12, 1862.
Promoted Captain,' July 18, 1862.
App'ted Asst. Adjt.-General of Vols. U. S.
On General Hooker's Staff.
Commis'y Subsistence U. S., July 17, 1862.
Killed in battle, June 30, 1862.
Promoted Captain, July 12, 1862.
July 24, "
Captain 34th Regiment.
Promoted Captain, Sept. 8, 1862.
Commis'y Subsistence U. S., Sept. 10, 1862.
Killed in battle, June 30, 1862.
10
74
ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
First Regiment — Continued.
[Jan.
Date of Commis-
X A ar E s .
Rank.
sions.
Horatio Roberts, . . . .
First Lieutenant,
July 24,
1862,
Henry Hartley,
" "
Aug. 21,
a
]Moses H. Warren,
(( a
30,
a
Frank Thomas,
" "
30,
li
Amos Webster,
11, a
Sept. 8,
u
Joseph H. Dalton,
a . li
9,
a
Shedrick K. Morris,
" "
15,
u
Charles L. Chandler,
Second. Lieutenant, .
May 25,
1861,
Charles S. Kendall,
25,
u
Daniel G. E. Dickenson,
25,
u
Oliver Walton, 2d, .
25,
a
Miles Farwell,
25,
(C
George E. Henry, .
25,
a
Francis H. Ward, .
25,
u
Robert A. Saunders,
25,
a
Elijah B. Gill, Jr., .
25,
u
Francis W. Carruth,
25,
a
William P. Cowie, .
July 13,
11
Henry Parkinson, .
Aug. 26,
u
Forrester A. Pelby,
26,
u
William H. B. Smith,
May 25,
u
John McDonough, .
July 27,
u
Henry Hartley,
Aug. 26,
li
Horatio Roberts,
Oct. 12,
(I
Moses H. Warren,
Feb. 10,
1862,
Amos Webster,
May 8,
a
Frank Thomas,
13,
((
Joseph H. Dalton,
29,
u
James Doherty,
Sept. 9,
a
John S. Clark,
July 1,
((
George Myrick,
12,
a
John^S. Willfey,
18,
ti
Frederic E. Dolbeai
e,
24,
ii
William E. Hayward,
Aug. 21,
a
William H. Fletcher,
30,
u
Georiie L. Lawrence,
30,
a
William P. Drury, .
Sept. 8,
a
Nathaniel Averill, .
Oct. 3,
a
I regret that the officer in command of this regiment did
not make a return, as requested, in sesson for insertion here.
This was the first three years regiment that left the State, and
the first in the service of the United States. It has seen much
service, has been in many battles, and has always behaved
well. Its history, when written, will reflect honor upon the
Commonwealth.
1863.]
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F
irst Regiment — Continued.
ResUlencc.
Disclia
rgcd.
Keinarks.
Chelsea, .
_
W'msb'g, N. Y.
-
-
-
Dorchester,
-
-
-
Koxbury,.
-
-
-
Boston, .
(1
—
-
— —
Brookline,
-
-
Promoted 1st Lieut., March 21, 1862.
Boston, .
,
Aug. 26, 1861.
Cambridge,
Mch. 6
1862.
-
Boston, .
May 28
1862,
Dismissed from the service.
Promoted 1st Lieut, May 13, 1862.
ii
, ,
" " July 13, 1861.
11
Captain, Aug. 6, 1861.
Chelsea, .
Sep. 16
, 186
1.
-
Boston, .
Killed in battle.
Roxbury, .
^ ,
Promoted 1st Lieut., May 8, 1862.
Boston, .
" " July 12, "
a
.
" Captain, Oct. 3, "
Cohasset, .
,
" 1st Lieut., July 18, "
Cambridge,
,
Killed at battle Bull Run, Va., July 18, '61.
Roxbury, .
•2d Lt. Co. G, Aug. 26, '61. Promoted 1st Lt. July 1, '62.
W'msb'g, N. Y.
Promoted 1st Lieut., Aug. 21, 1862.
Chelsea, .
,
July 24, "
Dorchester,
" " Aug. 30, "
Boston, .
.
" " Sept. 8, "
Roxbury, .
.
" " Aug. 30, "
Boston, .
" " Sept. 9, "
Roxbury, .
—
-
-
Boston, .
:
-
-
Waltham,
-
-
-
Fitchburg,
-
-
-
Chelsea, .
_
-
-
Roxbury, .
~
~
In its original composition, it was chiefly made up of the
First Regiment M. V. M., of which Colonel Cowdin was the
commander. Of the field officers in command, when it
departed from the State, the Colonel (Cowdin) has been pro-
moted to Brigadier-General. The Lieutenant-Colonel (Wells)
is now Colonel of the Thirty-Fourth. The Major (Charles P.
Chandler) was killed in one of the battles between the Chicka-
hominy and James River. His body was never recovered.
76 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
For some time a doubt existed as to whether he was killed or
taken prisoner ; that doubt does not now exist. He was killed
at Malvern Hill, Va.
The regiment left Camp " Cameron " for the scat of war on
the loth of June, 1861. It marched through Baltimore on
the 17th of June, (the anniversary of the battle of Bunker
Hill,) being the first regiment that had passed through that
city since the attack made on the Sixth Regiment on the 19th
of April previous. Before reaching Baltimore, ten rounds of
ball cartridges were distributed to the men, as a rumor pre-
vailed that they would be attacked in that city. The regiment
reached Baltimore about 10 o'clock in the forenoon. Before
leaving the cars, the muskets of the men were loaded and
capped. They formed and took up their line of march for the
Washington depot, up Baltimore Street. The streets on each
side were crowded with people. The regiment marched by
flank ; not a loud word was spoken, either by the crowd or the
regiment, during this march. No attempt was made to assault
the regiment, though " curses not loud, but deep," were utter-
ed by the bystanders. There was no waving of handker-
chiefs, although the windows of the houses were crowded with
females. When it reached the place where the Sixth Regiment
was attacked, they found a section of Cook's Battery, drawn
up to protect them. The recognition was mutual, — Massachu-
setts men to protect Massachusetts men. The regiment reached
the depot without assault. A cattle train of cars was in readi-
ness to take them to Washington, into which they entered and
moved on. At the Relay House, (ten miles from Baltimore,)
the Sixth Regiment, (Colonel Jones,) and the remaining sec-
tion of Cook's Battery, were drawn up in line and gave them
a marching salute, with 'three cheers at the end of it. No
other incident worthy of mentioning occurred until it reached
Washington.
The regiment reached Washington that afternoon, formed in
column by company, and marched up Pennsylvania Avenue to
Seventh Street. No barracks or accommodation had been pro-
vided for them, but after some little delay, eight companies were
placed in an unoccupied building in Seventh Street, near the
Avenue, and two companies in an unfinished building on Sixth
Street. Upon arriving at Washington, it was found that no
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3. 77
rations were provided for the men. They liad catou nothing
since their last meal furnished at Piiiladclphia. The officers
had to supply the men with money to get the necessaries of life,
and so things remained for twenty-four hours.
At twelve o'clock on the 21st of June the regiment formed
in column and marched up the Avenue, was reviewed by the
President at tlie White House, proceeded two miles beyond
Georgeto^wn College and encamped in a field, on the Potomac
River, under tents, which camp was called Camp Banks, in
honor of Ex-Governor Banks.
On the 8th of July orders were received for a detachment of
the regiment to march to Great Falls, on the Potomac, eighteen
miles distant from Washington. The march was made in eight
hours. From that time till the 16tli, daiily skirmishing with
the pickets of the enemy took place, but no men were lost.
On the 16th they were ordered again to Camp " Banks," near
Georgetown, which they reached that evening.
On the morning of the 17th orders were received to break
camp, and the regiment was placed in General Richardson's
brigade, and crossed the Chain Bridge in Virginia, being
the advance of the " Army of Virginia," to attack the enemy.
The regiment reached Centreville that night and bivouacked.
Early the next morning information was received that the
enemy was in force four miles in front, and at one o'clock in
the afternoon the regiment reached Bull Run, where the battle
commenced. It is needless to recount the disasters of that day.
The Massachusetts First, from the beginning to the end, bore
itself gallantly, and if all had done as well, a different result
would have happened. On the night of the 18th the regiment
fell back to Centreville and remained there that night. On the
19th and 20th the regiment was engaged in skirmishing and
advanced to the position it held on the eighteenth. On the
morning of the 21st of July the engagement of the battle of
Bull Run began between the two armies, at half-past seven
o'clock, and continued through the day, when the Union army
retreated. The First Massachusetts encamped again at Centre-
ville. On the 22d the army retreated to Washington, the
Massachusetts First forming the rear guard. The regiment
marched twenty-two miles through a severe rain storm without
any rations for twenty-four hours. On reaching Chain Bridge,
78 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
the regiment was kept standing for four hours waiting permission
to enter its camp, which was in sight on the opposite side of the
river. On reaching the camp a good meal was prepared, and
they rested for the day.
On the 24th July the regiment was ordered to take possession
of Fort Albany, on Arlington Heights, Virginia, where it
remained until the 7th of August, when the regiment was
attached to General Hooker's brigade, and marched /oBladens-
burg, Maryland, where it remained until the 10th of September.
It was then ordered to the lower part of Maryland to search for
arms and military stores of the rebels and cut off their commu-
nication with Virginia. They were absent one month, in which
time they marched 272 miles, and did good service. During
that time the men were without tents and slept on the ground.
On the 13th of October the regiment marched fifty miles below
on the Potomac River to Budd's Ferry, and where it went into
winter quarters. The march was made in four days. At this
place the men were constantly annoyed by shells from the rebel
batteries on the opposite side of the river. The regiment
remained there until the 10th of April, 1862. While in camp
at Budd's Ferry portions of the regiment were engaged in a
skirmish on the opposite side of the river, at " Shipping Point,"
and took possession of a lot of arms and military stores.
Since the foregoing was put in type, a historical account of
the First Regiment has been received from the Colonel, and I
am glad to avail myself of the opportunity to insert it, substan-
tially, as it was written.
The several companies composing the First Regiment
were mustered into the United States service as follows :
for term of three years, Companies A, B, G, and H, May 23,
1861 ; Companies D, F, K, and I, May 24, 1861 ; Company E,
May 25 ; and Company C, May 27, 1861. The Field and Staff,
May 25, 1861.
On the first day of June, 1861, the regiment went into camp
at Fresli Pond, Cambridge, Mass., the station taking its name
from the lamented Ellsworth, the remembrance of whose tragic
death was then fresh in the hearts of the people. The duty
here was incessant, and Colonel Cowdin was evidently using
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his utmost endeavors to make his regiment a credit to the
State. On the 13th the regiment was transferred to Camp
Cameron, at North Cambridge, and on the afternoon of tlie
15th took up its march for Boston. After the presentation by
the City of Boston of a beautiful flag, and the receiving of
adieus of relatives and friends of its members, the regiment
embarked, took the cars of the Boston and Providence Railroad
and arrived at Washington June 17 ; nothing of note having
occurred during the journey, if we except the fact that this
was the first regiment to pass through the city of Baltimore
after the attack on the Sixth Massachusetts Militia.
On the afternoon of the 19th they proceeded to Georgetown,
D. C, where they encamped; the march though short being a
fatiguing one, on account of the extreme heat, and the incum-
brance of overcoats and knapsacks. The encampment was
called " Camp Banks." The 4th of July was suitably cele-
brated, and a fine American color was presented to the regiment,
on behalf of Boston citizens resident in California, by Senator
McDougal.
About the 7th of July a detachment of the regiment, con-
sisting of Companies I and K, under command of Major
Chandler, were sent to the Great Falls of the Potomac, eighteen
miles above Georgetown, to guard the works of the Washington
Aqueduct at that point, there having been, a few days before,
a skirmish between the enemy and our cavalry pickets. Our
detachment was joined, a few days later, by two companies of a
Michigan regiment. They remained here until late in the
afternoon of July 14, when the entire party were ordered back,
and marched all night, reaching Camp Banks aboutfour, A. M.,
the next morning.
On the 16th, about three, P. M., this regiment, with the rest
of the brigade, consisting of the Second and Third Michigan
and Twelfth New York, under command of Colonel I. B.
Richardson, of the Second Michigan, crossed into Virginia over
the Chain Bridge, encamping at Lewinsville that night, and at
Vienna the succeeding night. On the 18th they engaged the
enemy on the banks of Bull Run, at Blackburn's Ford. The
heaviest of the fighting was done by the "First," and. consisted
entirely of skirmishing. Companies G, H and P suffering the
most severely.
80 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
Late in the afternoon the regiment was ordered to retire, and
fell back to Centreville, where tliey bivouacked for the night,
and on the succeeding day (19th) moved forward again, halting
in the woods on the main road about a mile short of the battle-
field of the previous day. Companies I and K were here
detached, and, agreeably to orders, took possession of a farm
house to the front and left. Our pickets and those of the enemy
were close together during this and succeeding days, and shots
were often exchanged. The remainder of the regiment were
meantime lying in the woods until the afternoon of the 21st, when
they again moved to the front and were engaged. The outposts
were also attacked, on that afternoon, by what seemed a small
brigade, and a sharp skirmish was the result. It being impos-
sible to hold the position, and fearing to have their communica-
tion broken, at above five P. M. the detachment retired and
rejoined the main body of the regiment a mile or two nearer
Centreville, TN'here they lay till midnight, when the regiment
brought up the rear of what is now known as the Bull Run
Retreat. Tired, hungry and footsore, the regiment reached
Camp Banks, Georgetown, at noon the nest day, resting there
that night. The next day they crossed the Potomac to Camp
Scott, on the plain before Arlington Heights, and remained
there a few days, when they removed to Fort Albany, where
they pitched their camp outside the works. While remaining
here the companieSjWere drilled frequently as artillerists, and
also employed on fatigue duty on the fort, and in felling timber
in the vicinity. One or two night alarms also occurred. They
still remained in Colonel Richardson's Provisional Brigades till
August 15th, when they marched through Washington to Bla-
densburg, and reported to Brigadier-General Joseph Hooker,
then commanding a brigade, consisting of the First Massachu-
setts, Eleventh Massachusetts, Second New Hampshire, and
Twenty-Sixth Pennsylvania Volunteers. With this brigade
they have remained ever since, but the number of regiments
has been increased. The Bladensburg field was called Camp
Union. Here they remained drilling daily , with an occasional re-
view by the President and General McClellan, till September 7th,
when this regiment was sent on an expedition into lower Mary-
land. Its object was to keep peace during approaching elections,
and to ascertain the truth of rumors respecting bodies of men
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who wore supposed to bo recruiting, for the Southern army.
They scoured thoroughly that [jortiou ol' the State einhiaccd
between the Pautuxcnt River and Chesapeake J'ay, and made
some captures of arms, accoutrements, etc., including one rebel
flag, which had a few days previously waved from the court-
house of Calvert County, at Prince Frederick, The time taken
up by this marching and countermarching was just a montli^
and during this time they passed over some two hundred miles,
reaching their old camp at Bladensburg on the 7th October.
They remained there some two weeks, during which time Gen-
eral Hooker was placed in command of the division, consisting of
his old brigade and Sickles's (Excelsior), together with the New
Jersey Brigade. Colonel Cowdin, as senior Colonel, assumed
command of the jorigade, and Lieutenant-Colonel Wells took
command of the regiment. This command left Bladensburg
October 25th, and proceeded down the Maryland shore of the
Potomac, arriving at Posey's Plantation, opposite the rebel
batteries, at Dumfries and Shipping Point, late in the evening
of October 27th. The last day's march was an excessively hard
one, but they were pushed through, as the rebel steamer Page had
been troublesome a day or two since, and troops were needed
on the ground. That night they lay behind their stacks, and
the next day pitched their camp, calling it Camp Hooker,
Here the drills of the regiment were resumed and prosecuted
with vigor. They also had a line of pickets on the river bank,
and, for some weeks after their arrival, a party were sent at night
on outpost to Stump Neck, a projecting point formed by the
Chic^amoxen Creek. The Jersey Brigade, later, relieved
them of this duty. No orders came for winter quarters, nor
did the regiment have any particular programme marked out
for it ; but early in the new year the men felled trees and cut
logs, and soon the entire regiment were well provided with
houses, not of handsome exterior, but warm and comfortable.
Almost every day the batteries on the other side of the river
opened on some passing craft, and many of the shot and shell
came over, some of them in close proximity to our camp, but
no damage was ever done. On the morning of January 12, as
our pickets were embarking from the neck opposite, a boat's
crew of the enemy from Shipping Point came over, and a few
volleys were exchanged, but with no particular result.
11
82 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
The travelling having become heavy, a new corduroy road
was constructed from tiie landing at Rum Point, a distance of
five miles, each regiment of the division having their share of
the duty. On February 17th General Naglee assumed com-
mand of the brigade, and Colonel Cowdin returned to that of
his regiment. During January a schooner got ashore on the
Neck in attempting to run the blockade, and the rebel batteries
opened upon her, and afterwards the enemy made an attempt to
board her. Company A pushed off to her in boats, and com-
pany " B " went by another route to the shore. A few shots
were exchanged by the different parties with but little effect.
On the afternoon of Sunday, March J9th, large quantities of
smoke were seen to rise from the batteries opposite. At the
same time, the gunboats Yankee and Anacosta dropped down
the river, and commenced shelling the works. They soon after
sent a boat load of men ashore at Possum Nose. Later in the
afternoon, heavy explosions were noticed, and a portion of this
regiment went over in boats ; these returned in the evening,
and reported the place deserted. On the 10th this regiment
with one from the Jersey Brigade marched to Rum Point, and
thence took barges to Shipping Point. During that day and
the succeeding one the works were examined ; guns, ammuni-
tion and stores in good order removed, and the partially damaged
destroyed. About the middle of March, the advanced portion
of M'Clellan's army began to pass by us down the river. The
complaints that this regiment was to be left idle here while the
rest of the army distinguished itself were loud and frequent, till
on the morning of April 5th, with only a few hours' notice, it
embarked on board the steamer Kennebec. They did not how-
ever finally start till the morning of the 7th, and then were
a long time getting down the river, owing to the rough
and boisterous weather. On the 10th April, at eight, A. M., they
reached Fort Monroe where they had expected to disembark,
but orders met them, changing their destination, and they
steamed up the bay again, passing Ship Point which the
enemy had evacuated a few days previously, and came to
anchor in Poquosen Creek, an inlet of Chesapeake Bay. They
went ashore hereon the morning of April 11th, and bivouacked
this day in the woods near the landing. On the following
afternoon they marched around the Creek, seven miles, to its
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opposite bank, and encamped. On the morning of the KUh
they moved forward to the front, before Yorktown, encamping
in line of battle, the division being the centre of Heintzcluian's
corps (camp Winfield Scott.) Here began for the regiment a
routine of picket and fatigue duty. They also stood to arms
every morning from an hour and a half or two hours before
"daylight to an hour or so after. On the 26th April, three com-
panies, I, H and A, were detailed under command of Lieutenant-
Colonel George D. Wells, for special duty. The companies men-
tioned started at three A, M., and with difficulty, marching in the
drizzly rain and over the muddy soil, reached their picket line, in
front and somewhat to the left of the position of the regiment,
about daylight. The object of the expedition was the capture of
a rebel redoubt just, erected, the guns from which were very
annoying to our pickets and working parties, which object was
fully accomplished. The regiment remained at camp Winfield
Scott till the evacuation of Yorktown on the morning of May
4th, 1862. The regiment was on duty in the trenches the night
previous. At about eleven A. M. that day, they with the rest of
the division marched in pursuit, and bivouacked that night, after
a hard day's tramp, on the road to, and some five miles short
of Williamsburg. On May 6th, at an early hour, they started
again, and soon met the enemy's pickets. The First were
deployed as skirmishers. An engagement took place and lasted
till seven o'clock at night, in which the First and Eleventh took
a prominent part, and lost many men. During the day the
men had nothing to eat, and the rain was incessant. The losses
were — killed, 7 ; wounded, 82 ; missing, 4 ; total, 43.
The night of the 5th the regiment bivouacked about one and
a half miles in the rear of the battle-field, and at noon of the
6th moved forward and encamped on the plain in front of Fort
Magruder. Here they remained, recruiting their energies and
burying the dead, till the 9th, when they moved through
Williamsburg and encamped on a large field near William and
Mary's College.
From this date to the 15th, the regiment, with the rest of
the brigade, was occupied in doing provost duty in the city.
On the 15th, they again took up their line of march, and
bivouacked seventeen miles above Williamsburg on the Rich-
mond turnpike. May 16th, they were again on their way, and
84 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
encamped two and one-half miles from New Kent Court-house,
joining here the other brigades of the division. 18th, they
moved to New Kent Court-house ; 19th, went to Baltimore
Cross-roads ; remained there till the 23d, then moved to within
four miles of the Chickahominy River. On the 24th they
crossed the river at Bottom's Bridge, and marched three miles
beyond to support another brigade under General Naglee,
in case of necessity ; but at night returned and occupied the
ground of the previous night. On the 25th, they again crossed
the Chickahominy, and marched to Poplar Hill, where they
encamped. They remained here some few days, picketing the
different roads across White Oak Swamp, and standing to arms
every morning as at Yorktown. On the 4th of June they
moved to Fair Oaks, where the first battle, had been fought a
day or two previous. On the 5th, they went on picket to the
extreme front. This they did each third day while remaining
here, the intermediate time being devoted to working on the
yarious defences in process of erection, and other fatigue
duty. Every day saw more or less skirmishing, and constant
firing was kept up between the pickets ; also artillery practice
between the contending forces, the shots flying in and about
our camp. On June 25th, in one attempt to extend our picket
line, a general engagement was brought on, lasting from nine,
A. M., to seven, P. M. The loss in this regiment was large,
especially in officers wounded. Killed, 9 ; wounded, 55 — total,
64.
On Sunday, the 29th, the movement towards James River
commenced. This regiment, with the rest of the brigade,
marched to the front and relieved the skirmishers of the
Jersey Brigade, and when the entire line had fallen back and
taken up another position in the rear, this regiment followed,
being the last one to leave the bloody and desolate field of
" Fair Oaks." At the engagement at Savage's Station, this
regiment was ordered to support Battery K, Fourth U. S.
Artillery, and a sharp engagement ensued, of some three
hours' duration. They then fell back in obedience to orders,
and followed the division, crossing White Oak Swamp, bivouack-
ing that night two miles on the other side. On June 30th, they
marched some three miles in the morning, and halted at Glen-
dale. Their loss was heavy. They slept on the field on the
night of the buttle, and early July 1st marched again, encamp-
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ing at Malvern Hill tliis day, and being engaged in a skirmish,
supporting a battery. July 2d, they started at three, A. M.,
and marched to Harrison's Landing in a driving storm. Here
the entire army were encamped. July 3d, they moved back
some three miles into an open field, and on the 4th again
moved, and pitched camp in a piece of woods about three
miles from the river. Here they remained some days, being
engaged in throwing up earthworks, and doing other fatigue
duty. August 2d, the brigade started as part of a reconnois-
sance in force to Malvern Hill, but returned the same night in
consequence of some mistake. On the 4tli, it again started,
and on the otli had an engagement with the enemy. The
firing, however, was mostly confined to artillery. At midnight
on the 6th, they were ordered to fall back, and arrived at camp
on the morning of the 7th.
During the succeeding week they remained inactive, and on
the morning of the 15th, in connection with the rest of the
army, commenced the backward movement from James River.
During that day they kept on down the river bank,, and
bivouacked that night four miles below Charles City Court
house. They started again on the morning of the 16th,
and encamped that night near Chickahominy River. 17th,
they crossed the Chickaliominy, and after a long and fatiguing
march, stopped at the village of Barhamsville. The succeed-
ing night they bivouacked near Williamsburg, and on the 19tli
passed through that city, past the battle-field, and encamped
two miles short of Yorktown. They remained there on the
next day, and on the 21st proceeded to Yorktown, and
embarked on board the steamer Vanderbilt. They weighed
anchor and started down the river at four, A. M., of the 22d,
but getting aground at the mouth of York River, remained till
the next morning, when they proceeded up the river. Nothing
unusual occurred during the trip up the Potomac. On August
24th they disembarked at Alexandria, and marching through
the city, encamped for the night, near Fort Ellsworth. Late in
the afternoon of the 25tli, they took the cars for Warrenton
Junction, where they arrived at nine, P. M. On the 26th,
they advanced their position one mile and a half, and early on
the morning of the 27th, started down the railroad in pursuit
of Jackson's forces, who had, on the previous night, made a
86 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
raid on the railroad at Gatlet's Station. The men were in light
marching order, and their camp was left standing. About half-
past one, P. M., they came up with the enemy at Kettle Run, and
a brisk engagement ensued, lasting till dark, when the enemy
retreated towards Manassas. The regiment that night slept on
the battle-field, two companies being deployed as skirmishers
and picket during the night. On the 28th, the camp equipage,
officers' baggage and company's books, &c., which we had left
behind, were burned by order of Major-General Banks. At
two, P. M., this day, they continued on down the railroad,
passing Manassas Junction to the south side of Bull Run, near
Blackburn's Ford, wliere they slept that night.
Reveille was sounded at two, A. M., on the 29th, and they
crossed the Run and proceeded to Centreville Heights, where
they halted till daylight, soon after which they again moved
forward, and on arriving on the old battle-field of 1861, became
engaged with the enemy, and what is known as the battle of
Bull Run the second followed. The loss of this regiment was
heav/. This night they bivouacked about a half mile in rear
of the field. Early on the afternoon of the 30th, they were
moved forward in line of battle to the ground of the previous
day's conflict, and took position as reserve to General Devens'
Brigade, being under very heavy fire. At dark, in connection
with the whole line, they fell back to Centreville, where they
slept that night. On the 31st, at three, A. M., the regiment
advanced as skirmishers, remaining in this position till the next
morning. At five, P. M., of September 1st, Colonel Cowdin being
in command of the brigade, and Captain Baldwin of the regi-
ment, they started in the midst of a heavy storm toward Fairfax
Court-house. At Chantilly a skirmish ensued, during which
they acted as support to a battery of artillery, and were under a
heavy fire, remaining in line of battle till three, A. M., of the 2d,
when they started again for Fairfax Court-house, thence to
Fairfax Station, sleeping three miles beyond. -On the 3d they
proceeded via Pohock Church to Alexandria, where they en-
camped near Fort Lyon. On the afternoon of the next day (4th)
they moved their camp forward some three-quarters of a mile
to a more commodious site, (near Fort Lyon). They remained
there till the 13th, when they changed to a position near
Fairfax Seminary, some three miles from Alexandria. At this
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place they made quite a stay, resuming their drills and picket
duty, and also being engaged in tlu'owing up rifle pits and
other defences. On the 26th September, Colonel Cowdin again
assumed command, remaining till October 3d, when, having
been promoted to Brigadier-General, he took leave of the regi-
ment, the command then devolving upon Lieutenant-Colonel
Baldwin. October 20tli they were ordered to garrison Munson's
Hill, some four miles from the Seminary. This position was a
very bleak and exposed one, and, the weather at the time being
quite cold, for a few nighty they suffered severely. They left,
in obedience to orders, on November 1st, rejoining their
division at the old camp, and at five P. M., on the same day
marching with them in the direction of Fairfax Court-house,
bivouacking that night at Annandale. On the 2d they passed
Fairfax Court-house, and when within two miles of Centreville,
were ordered back to the Court-house, where they encamped.
A portion of the regiment were next day sent to Fairfax Station
to guard the railroad at that point, together with the commis-
sary depot established there. A day or two later the remainder
of the regiment, with the exception of Company C, moved to
the Station. Company C, under Major Walker as Provost
Marshal, remained at the Court-house doing provost duty.
Here they remained till November 25th, when they were
ordered to rejoin their division, which had previously moved
towards the Rappahannock. Early in the morning they
accordingly started, fording the Occoquan River at Wolf's Run
Shoals, encamping in the afternoon near the southern bank.
They remained there some days, awaiting the arrival of a hos-
pital supply train, which, having arrived, they started again on
the morning of December 1st, and went to Dumfries, stopping
there that night. On the 2d they passed through and encamped
a mile beyond Stafford Court-house, and on the 3d rejoined the
division, lying with the Army of the Potomac along the Rappa-
hannock, in front of Fredericksburg. The usual routine of
camp duties succeeded, until the 11th December, when they
broke camp, and with the rest of the army, took position on the
heights opposite Fredericksburg during the bombardment of
the 11th and 12th. They were not called into action, though
frequently changing position, but on the 13th they crossed and
took part in the battle of that day, and the two succeeding
88 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
ones, recrossing when the army fell back on the morning of the
16th, the First Regiment being the hist one of the left wing
of the army to cross, arriving in their old camp that afternoon.
The following report exhibits the state of tlie regiment at
roll call on the morning of January 19th, 18G3 : —
For duty — Officers, 25 ; enlisted men, 480.
Sick — Officers present, 1 ; enlisted men present, 49 ; officers
absent, 2 ; enlisted men absent, 91.
Present or absent — Officers, 37 ; enlisted men, 743.
Number of officers present, .... 26
" " " absent, .... 11
— 37
Number of enlisted men present, . . . 547
" " " " absent, . . . 238
785
822
This regiment is now in the Army of General Burnside, near
Falmouth, commanded by Colonel McLaughlen, late Captain
in the U. S. Cavalry.
The following is an abstract of the roster : —
1 Colonel promoted Brigadier-General Volunteers.
1 Lieutenant-Colonel promoted Colonel 34th Regiment Mass. Vols.
1 Major killed.
1 Assistant-Surgeon promoted Surgeon 24tli Regiment Mass. Vols.
1 Captain promoted Colonel 35th.
1 Captain promoted Major.
1 Captain promoted Lieutenant-Colonel.
1 Captain promoted Lieutenant-Colonel 35th Regiment Mass. Vols.
6 First Lieutenants promoted Captains.
2 First Lieutenants promoted Assistant Adjutant-General's.
2 First Lieutenants killed.
2 First Lieutenants Commissary Suljsistence U. S. A.
13 Second Lieutenants promoted First Lieutenants.
2 Second Lieutenants promoted Captains.
1 Second Lieutenant dismissed from the service.
2 Second Lieutenants killed.
22 Second Lieutenants have been taken from the ranks.
25 Commissions have been made for this regiment during the year 1862.
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On BoAun Stioamicu Nohtii Star, }
Banks' Expkuition, Dec. 8, 18G2. \
To His Excellency the Giwernor of Massachusetin : —
Sir, — I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of a Circular Letter
from the Executive Department of the State of Massachusetts, bearing date
November 7, 1862.
In reply thereto, and as an act of justice to those noble Regiments, the
First, Eleventh, and Sixteenth Massachusetts Volunteers, which I had the
honor to command during the Peninsula Campaign, I beg leave to state that
for soldierly bearing and bravery in the field, they have been evei-ywhere
conspicuous, and have, on every occasion which has come under my notice,
done honor to their State.
I would make special mention of the Sixteenth and First Regiments.
I cannot suggest any legislation by which the Massachusetts Regiments can
be improved. It would be highly desirable, if it were possible, to find some
means by which vacancies in the effective strength of Regiments, due to the
absence of sick and wounded, could be filled, but I can suggest no means of
reaching the difficulty. I am, Sir, very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
C. Grover, Brigadier-General of Volunteers.
Head-Quarters, Defences of Washington, \
Washington, December 17th, 1862. j
His Excellency Governor John A. Andrew, Boston, Massachusetts :
Governor, — I have had under my command, during the campaign on
the Peninsula and the short campaign with General Pope, in the Army of
Virginia, the First Massachusetts, Colonel Cowdin, Eleventh Massachusetts,
Colonel Blaisdell, and the Sixteenth Massachusetts, Colonel Wyman.
The First and Eleventh Massachusetts Regiments, under the command of
Brigadier-General C. Grover, were engaged in the siege of Yorktown, and in
the battles of Williamsburg, Fair Oaks, Glendale and Malvern Hill on the
Peninsula, and in General Pope's Army, in those of Kettle Run, Bull Run
and Chantilly.
The Sixteenth Massachusetts was on the Peninsula engaged in the skirmish
at Woodland and in the battles at Glendale and Malvern Hill. With General
Pope's Army at Kettle Run, Bull Run, and Chantilly.
At Glendale Colonel Wyman was killed gallantly leading his regiment.
In all those actions these regiments behaved with distinguished success, and
the State has reason to be proud of them. They have carried her white flag
with the foremost.
You have no doubt had copies of the Reports of the Colonels. Those I
received, as well as those of the Brigade Commanders, I enclosed with mine to
General Head-Quarters and am, therefor, unable to furnish you with extracts.
I am too much occupied now to give my views or to enter fully upon the
subject of what legislation is necessary to promote the efliciency of our Volun-
teer Army. I will however make one or two suggestions.
Officers should never be elected by their men. This course always impairs
the efficiency of troops, and'is the principal reason why straggling cannot be
12
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ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
[Jan.
more efTectually checked. Measures sbould also be devised for filling up old
instead of adding new regiments to the army. Besides the great additional
expense, it takes months to acquire the same degree of discipline and efficiency.
Wlien a recruit enters an old i-egiment, he finds himself surrounded by dis-
ciplined soldiers, and ofiicers who have acquired the art of commanding men
and the knowledge requisite to take care of them. The recruit at once
SECOND REGIMENT.
Date of Commis-
sions.
George H. Gordon, .
George L. Andrews,
Wilder Dwight,
Lucius M. Sargent, Jr.,
Lincoln R. Stone, .
Charles Wheaton, Jr., (Adjutant,)
R. Morris Copeland, (Quarterm'ter,)
Francis Leland,
Alonzo H. Quint, .
George L. Andrews,
Wilder Dwight,
James Savage, Jr., .
William H. Heath, .
James Savage, Jr., .
Samuel M. Quiney,
Lincoln R. Stone, .
Samuel M. Quiney,
William Cogswell, .
Charles R. Mudge, .
Edward G. Abbott,
Greely S. Curtis,
William Cogswell, .
James Savage, Jr., .
Samuel M. Quiney,
J. Parker Whitney,
Richard Gary, .
Francis H. Tucker, .
Adin B. Underwood,
Richard C. Goodwin,
Charles R. Mudge, .
William B. Williams,
Henry S. Russell, .
George P. Bangs, .
Charles F. Morse, .
Robert G. Shaw, Jr.,
James Francis,
Ocran H. Howard, .
Thomas R. Robeson,
Ruf "us Choate, .
Robert B. Brown, .
Fletcher M. Abbott,
J. Ingersoll Grafton,
Colonel,
Lieut.-Colonel, .
Major,
Surgeon, .
Assistant-Surgeon,
First Lieutenant,
Surgeon, .
Chaplain, .
Colonel,
Lieut.-Colonel,
Major,
Assistant-Surgeon,
Lieut.-Colonel,
Major,
Surgeon,
Colonel,
Lieut.-Colonel,
Major,
Captain,
May
June
May
Oct.
June
June
July
Sept.
Nov.
Oct.
Nov.
May
July
Nov.
Dec.
June
July
Aus.
Oct.
Nov.
24, 1861,
24, "
24, "
28, «
1, "
28, "
28, "
11, "
20, "
13, 1862,
13, "
13, "
24, 1862,
17, «
17, "
7, "
9, "
23, ."
9 "
24,' 1861,
24, "
24, «
24, "
24, "
24, "
24, »
24, "
24, «
24, "
8, "
1, "
13, "
13, 1862,
11, "
10, "
10, "
10, "
10, »
17, "
23 "
9, "
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91
becomes identified with all the honors and glories of the old regiment, and is
prepared to emulate the deeds of those who went before him.
The State of Massachusetts has been reaping the benefit of her early
organization of her militia. I have the honor to be, Governor,
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
S. r. Heintzelman, Major- General.
SECOND REGIMENT.
DiscliarKCd.
Boston,
Salem,
Boston,
Roxburj'
Milford,
West lloxbury,
Boston,
Stoneham
Boston,
u
Salem,
Boston,
Salem,
Boston,
Lowell,
Boston,
Salem,
Boston,
West Roxbury
Boston,
Roxbury,
Boston,
Lowell,
Ware,
Cambridg
Boston,
Salem,
Lowell,
Boston,
Oct. 9, 1861.
Oct. 24, 1862.
Nov. 9, 1862,
Oct. 31, 186L
July 2
Dec. 12
1861.
1861.
Oct. 31, 1862,
Promoted Brig.-Gen'l of Vol's, June 12, '62.
Colonel, June 13, 1862.
" Lieut-Colonel, June 13, 1862.
Captain 1st Cavalry.
Promoted Surgeon, Nov. 7, 1862.
App'ted Brigade Staff" Officer, July 21, '62.
App'ted A. A. G., with rank of Major, Nov. 27, 1861.
Brigadier-General Volunteers.
Died of wounds, Sept. 19, 1862.
Promoted Lieut.-Colonel, Sept. 17, 1862.
Died of wounds, Oct. 22, 1862.
Promoted Colonel, Nov. 9, 1862.
Killed in battle, Aug. 9, 1862.
Lieut.-Colonel 1st Cavalry.
Promoted Lieut.-Col., Oct. 23, 1862.
" Major, June 13, 1862.
" Major, Sept. 17, "
Killed in battle, Aug. 9, 1862.
Promoted Lt.-Col. 33d Regt., July 11, '62.
Killed in battle, Aug. 9, 1862.
Promoted Major, Nov. 9, "
Killed in battle, Aug. 9, "
Discharged for disability.
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ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
Second Regiment — Continued.
[Jan.
Date of Commis-
sions.
Harrison G. O. Weymouth,
Cliarles F. Morse, .
Edwin R. Hill,
AVilllam D. Sedijwick,
William B. Williams,
Charles R. Mudge, .
Henry S. Russell, .
T. Lawrence Motley,
Marcus M. Hawes, .
George P. Bangs, .
Henry L. Higginson,
Robert G. Shaw, Jr.,
James Francis,
Charles P. Horton, .
Thomas R. Robeson,
Rufus Choate, .
Anson D. Sawyer, .
Ocran H. Howard, .
Robert B. Brown, .
Fletcher M. Abbott,
J. IngersoU Grafton,
Stephen G. Perkins,
Eugene E. Shelton,
Daniel A. Oakey, .
Francis W. Crowninshield,
Everett W. Pattison,
George F. Browning,
Adam Miller, .
John A. Fox, .
Charles J. Mills, .
Albert W. Powers, .
Edward A. Phalen, .
John F. George,
Thomas B. Fox,
James Francis,
James M. Ellis,
Robert B. Brown, .
Henr}' L. Higginson,
Ocran H. Howard, .
Thomas R. Robeson,
Anson D. Sawyer, .
Robert G. Shaw, Jr.,
Rufus Choate, .
Charles P.. Hor(on, .
Stephen G. Perkins,
Fletcher M. Abbott,
J. IngersoU (irafton,
Eugene E. Shelton,
Hi-nry Roger.s Dalton,
Francis W. Crowninshield,
John A. Fox, .
First Lieutenant,
Second Lieutenant,
May
July
Nov.
Dee.
Sept.
Nov.
June
July
Au2.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Nov.
May
July
Nov.
Dec.
Jan.
28, 18G1,
28, "
28, "
28, "
28, "
28, "
28, "
28, "
28, "
28, "
8, "
8, "
1, "
1, "
30, »
13, "
25, "
17, "
28, 1862,
13, "
21, "
11, "
22 "
23' "
10, "
10, "
10, "
10, "
10, "
17, " .,
23, "
9, "
25, "
1, "
28, 1861,
28, "
28, "
28, "
28, "
28, "
28, "
28, "
28, "
8, "
8, "
1, "
1, "
23, "
25 "
"0' 18G2,
1863.]
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Second Regiment — Continued.
93
Discharged.
Lowell,
Roxbury,
Salem,
Lenox,
West Ro:
Boston,
((
Roxbury, ,
Boston,
Lowell,
Boston,
Cambridge,
Boston,
u
AVare,
Salem,
Lowell,
Boston,
Milton,
Boston,
Worcester,
Salem,
Lee,
Dorchester
Boston,
Warren,
Salem,
Lowell,
Dorchester
Lowell,
Boston,
Salem,
Boston,
AVare,
Cambric! o<
Boston,
Milford,
Lowell,
Boston,
Dorchester,
bury.
July
Nov.
Dec.
Oct.
2, 186L
29, 1861.
1861,
, 1861.
Dec. 24, 1862,
30, »
Nov. 22, 1861,
Promoted Captain, July 11, 1862.
Appointed Asst.-Gcnl., Sept. 16, 1861.
Promoted Captain, Nov. 1,1861.
" " July 8, "
" " Dec. 13, "
Discharged to be Capt. in 1st Mass. Cav'y.
App'ted Brigade Staff Officer, July 21, '62.
Promoted Captain, June 13, 1862.
Promoted Captain, Aug. 10, 1862.
" " Aug. 10, "
App'ted Brigade Staff Officer, July 21, '62.
Promoted Captain, Aug. 10, 1862.
" " Aug. 17, "
Prom'd Capt. Nov. 9, declined promotion.
Promoted Captain, Aug. 10, 1862.
" " Oct. 23, "
" " Nov. 1, "
" " Nov. 9, "
Killed in Battle, Aug. 9, 1862.
Promoted 1st Lieut., Nov. 1, 1861.
App'ted Asst.-Commissary of Volunteers.
Promoted 1st Lieut., Nov. 28, 1861.
Sept. 17, "
" " Sept. 17, "
" " Nov. 30, "
" " Dec. 25, "
" " July 8, "
" " Dec. 13, "
Prom'd 1st Lt., Nov. 1, '61, A. A. G., Capt. July 17, '62.
Promoted 1st Lieut., July 11, 1862.
" " June 13, "
" " July 21, "
« " July 22, "
Canc'Ued by order Gov'r. Commis'n ret'd by Dalton.
Promoted 1st Lieut, Aug. 10, 1862.
" " Aug. 10, "
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ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
Second Regiment — Continued.
[Jan.
Date of Commis-
NAMES.
Rank.
sions
Daniel Oakey, . . . .
Second Lieutenant, .
Nov. 30,
1861,
Henry Bruce Scott,
a ((
Jan. 16,
1862,
Everett W. Pattison,
" "
Feb. 4,
(1
George F. Browning,
a ((
11,
((
Adam J\liller, .
" "
June 13,
((
Albert W. Powers, .
a ((
July 12,
((
Edward A. Phalen, .
" "
13,
i(
Thomas B. Fox,
" "
Aug. 14,
u
Charles J. Mills,
u u
1*,
;(
Ozias Goodwin, Jr.,
" "
14,
u
John F. George,
" "
10,
u
Nathan D. A. Sawyer,
" "
10,
i.1
Gerald Fitzgerald, .
" ^'
25,
u
George L. Binney, .
ii, u
10,
((
James K. Stone,
" "
10,
i(
George Augustine Thaye
r,
" "
Oct. 16,
u
Erastus B. Carll, .
u u
23,
1(
Theodore K. Parker,
" "
24,
((
Dennis Mehan,
" "
Nov. 9,
u
Henry N. Comey, .
(( u
1,
u
Joseph W. Gelvay,
" "
Dec. 25,
((
On the 8th day of July, 1861, the Second Regiment, which
had been mustered into service May 11th, left Camp Andrew,
West Roxbury, and proceeded from Boston to New York by the
Providence and Stonington route ; by boat from New York to
Elizabethport, N. J., thence by railroad through Harrisburg, Pa.,
and it arrived at Hagerstown, Md., a little past midnight on the
morning of the 11th. A march of six miles that afternoon
brought it to the banks of the Potomac, at Williamsport.
Fording the river the next morning, it reached Martinsburg the
same day, where it joined the command of Major General
Patterson.
After moving on the following Monday to Bunker Hill, where
the regiment was stationed in an important position, the whole
corps turned, on the second day, to Charlestown, from which
place the regiment was selected to proceed to Harper's Ferry,
of which town Colonel Gordon was put in charge. The whole
corps followed in a few days. General Banks soon arrived and
took command. He continued the Second in the occupancy
of the place, after the rest of the corps was transferred to the
I
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Second Regiment — Continued.
95
Bcsiilcnco.
Discliargod.
Remarks.
Boston, .
Promoted 1st Lieut., July 23, 1862.
Framingham, .
A. A. G., Captain A^ol's .July 17, 1802.
Worcester,
Promoted 1st Lieut., Auo;. 10, 18(J2.
Salem,
" " Aug. 10, "
Lee,
" " Aug. 10, "
Warren, .
^
» Oct. 23, "
Salem,
» " Nov. 9, "
Dorchester,
" " Nov. 1, "
Boston, .
" " Aug. 17, "
a
Declined to accept Commission.
Lowell, .
-
Promoted 1st Lieut., Dec. 25, 1802.
Boston, .
_ _
_ _
Roxbury, .
-
-
Brookline,
_ _
- -
Braintree,
-
-
Boston, .
_ -
_ _
Winchendon, .
-
_ _ •
Hopkinton,
-
-
Maryland side of the river. When all other, force had been
withdrawn, the regiment held the position, three companies
being left in the arsenal buildings, under the immediate
command of Lieutenant-Colonel Andrews, and the remainder
of the regiment being in bivouac in support of artillery on
Maryland Heights.
After more than a month's continuance in tl\is post, the regi-
ment was ordered, with most of the corps, to lower parts of the
river, and was stationed successively at Hyattstown and Darnes-
town. From the latter place it received sudden orders to move
to Conrad's Ferry, on the evening after the battle of Ball's
Bluff, and it accomplished the march before daylight, in spite
of rain and deep mud. It immediately picketed the river bank
for a mile, and covered the removal of the wounded. A few
night's afterwards, it moved at a few minutes' notice to support
General Banks at Edwards' Ferry, but returned before morning.
The regiment was then ordered to Seneca Mills, where it
remained for more than a month doing severe picket duty, and
suffering much from the malaria of the river. On the 4th of
96 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
December the I'egiraent took up its march from Seneca for a
winter encampment near Frederick, where drill whenever
possible, and daily military recitations by the officers in two
classes, under Colonels Gordon and Andrews, occupied the
time.
On the 27th of February, 1862, the regiment crossed the
Potomac at Harper's Ferry ; on the next day, with the Third
Wisconsin, accompanied by artillery and cavalry, all under com-
mand of Colonel Gordon, it made a reconnoissance to Charles-
town, and occupied and held that town. In the movements
upon Winchester, which was evacuated by the enemy without a
contest, the regiment did its share. From Winchester it was
ordered to cross the Blue Ridge at Snicker's Gap, but was
stopped at the Shenandoah, and re-marched to Winchester, on
the day after the first battle there. In the immediate move-
ment of General Batiks southward in the valley the regiment
formed the advance. In the movement upon Jackson, from
Strasburg,this regiment again led the column, under Lieutenant-
Colonel Andrews, Colonel Gordon being in command of the
Brigade. Fighting took place with the enemy's rear-guard
often during the day, in which the Second was the only infantry
regiment engaged ; and at three places, a stand was made which
required the use of artillery. The enemy, although sheltered
by walls and in woods, invariably fell back before the fire of our
skirmishers, until the destruction of a bridge at Edenburg
caused a halt.
On resuming an advance, April 17th, 1862, Colonel Gordon,
with his own and several other regiments, was sent to the right of
Mt. Jackson to flank the enemy's position, which had the effect
of causing his immediate retreat; and, after a most laborious
march, the regiment bivouacked, as usual.
With General Banks' corps, the Second advanced, leaving
Newmarket April 25th, and reaching Harrisonburg the same
day. Peremptory orders from the War Department requiring
General Banks to fall back to Strasburg, the impending battle
was prevented, and that place was reached.
On the 23d of May occurred the attack upon Colonel Kenley
at Front Royal. On the next day. General Banks ordered the
retreat now famous for its success. The Second, after a few
miles had been passed, was sent to re-unite the wagon''trains cut
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3. 97
by the enemy, whose main body was moving on a parallel road,
and to drive the enemy from Newtown. The regiment entered
Newtown against artillery, cleared the place, and iield it for
several hours.
The national colors of the regiment were ordered to be
waved from the highest roof in the village, as a signal to Gen-
eral Hatch, then supposed to be in the rearj which was done
by Color-Sergeant Williston in safety, though the enemy's
shells were then flying thickly over the town. About nightfall,
the artillery engagement ceasing and the abandoned wagons
being set on fire, the regiment was ordered to leave the town
and close the retreat, which was done slowly in column by
platoons with the proper disposition of skirmishers on either
flank. The enemy's cavalry followed closely and twice attacked
the column, first by the light of the burning wagons a short
distance from the town, and afterwards at Bartonsville, some
miles beyond. In both instances they were steadily repulsed
by the companies of Captains Abbott, Cogswell and Underwood,
and so severely, that although urged and reproached by their
officers in our hearing, they could not be brought to another
attack. Near Kernstown the regiment halted, in order
that its wounded might be taken into a house, and ambu-
lances sent for. Here an attack by infantry took place, which
was vigorously repulsed by the same companies, while the
main column, wakened from their sleep in the road by the
volleys, fell in and moved away under a destructive fire, with
the regularity and steadiness of a review. Surgeon Leland, and
the wounded, were here taken prisoners. Without further
fighting the regiment arrived at Winchester at one in the
morning, and lay down in a field outside the town until
daybreak, when the enemy again appeared in force.
Of the two brigades present, Colonel Gordon commanded the
one on the right, which was immediately placed in position —
the Second being on the right. Captains Gary and Savage
were sent out as skirmishers, and under shelter of a low wall,
greatly annoyed the rebel artillery. A conflict of two hours
ensued. The rebels threatening to turn our right, two regi-
ments were moved in that direction, but after a volley or two,
they broke. The Second was then exposed to a heavy flank fire ;
but without shaking it. Orders now came to retreat, which was
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98 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
done in perfect order, the regiment moving down the slope
by the right of companies to the rear under a liot fire. Passing
through Winchester, under a fire from the houses of the citizens,
it took the road to Martinsburg, in rear of the brigade, and
continued to the Potomac opposite Williamsport. At daybreak
the next morning the companies of Captains Abbott, Quincy,
Williams and Goodwin, with three from the Third Wisconsin,
and a section of Cothrau's New York Battery, were sent as a
rear guard to hold the approach to the river until the rest of the
troops and trains had crossed. And here they remained for
three days, until the last wagon had crossed and the whole
corps were quietly in camp, when they were relieved and
allowed to rejoin their regiments on the Maryland shore.
In these engagements Captain Mudge and Lieutenant
Crowninshield were the only officers wounded.
Total losses — killed, 17 ; wounded, 47 ; missing, 84.
While at Williamsport, Colonel Gordon was made a Briga-
dier-General. The regiment was, after a short period, made a
part of his brigade, and has remained so up to tliis date.
On the 10th of Jane the regiment again left Williamsport,
and by daily marches reached Bartonsville on the 12th ; moved
on the 18th to the vicinity of Front Royal ; to the neighborhood
of Warrenton on the 11th July ; retraced its steps to Gaines'
Cross-Roads, and thence to Little Washington, on the 17th,
where the corps became a part of the army of Major-General
Pope.
On the 6th of August the forces were moved forward on that
short but unfortunate campaign. Three days marching
brought the Second to Culpepper Court-House. Tlie regiment
arrived at that place past midnight, and bivouacked. Early iu
the morning varying orders came, finally resulting in the
departure of the brigade, under command of General Gordon,
with orders to support General Crawford, then threatened by
the enemy near Cedar Mountain. It was a terribly hot day;
several men fell, and one died of sun-stroke, on the road.
About noon the regiment was put in its first position, where it
remained during most of the afternoon. The battle commenced
about three o'clock in the afternoon, and was kept up mainly
with artillery for two hours. At that time. General Crawford's
brigade, upon the right of the line as engaged, was severely
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3. 99
suffering. General Gordon was ordered to his support. The
troops moved over the intervening space of two-thirds of a
mile instantly, and at the double-quick. Upon entering and
passing through a wood, it was found tliat by a useless and
badly-managed charge across an open field, against an enemy
concealed in front and flanking our right, Crawford's brigade
had been sacrificed, though fighting with great bravery.
General Gordon, therefore, took the ground previously occupied
by that brigade.
The Second occupied the left of the brigade, on the edge of a
wood, preceded by Company A, Captain Abbott, as skirmishers.
The- enemy were in a wood about two hundred yards distant.
The firing immediately became very heavy on the part of the
rebels, and was returned with destructive steadiness and effect.
Half an hour elapsed of most furious musketry, when the
enemy ordered an advance. That advance consisted of three
brigades, against our three regiments. The rebel line
moved steadily forward, the fire of their left soon enfilading
our right. There were no troops at hand to strengthen that
part of our position, although within sound of the musketry
lay thousands (not of General Banks' corps) impatiently wait-
ing for orders. Our right melted away under the tremendous
fire until only the Second remained; but it remained unshaken,
although the line was rapidly thinning. Colonel Andrews
poured a terrible volley into the ranks of the enemy when they
had approached within sixty yards, when the General ordered
a retreat to the former position. This was accomplished,
and the brigade was moved, in the darkness, to the centre of
the new line established by General Pope, who had arrived.
On the right it was thrown forward close to the enemy, and lay
within musket-shot. The next day the regiment was ordered
to a wood about a mile to the left, where it remained for
several days.
In this action, which tested to the utmost the character
of the regiment, it had five commissioned officers killed,
viz.: — Captains Abbott, Williams, Gary and Goodwin, and
Lieutenant Perkins ; five wounded and carried to the
rear, viz. : — Surgeon Leland and Lieutenants Browning,
Robeson, Oakey and Grafton ; three wounded and taken pris-
oners, viz. : — Major Savage, (since dead,) Captain Quincy and
100 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
Lieutenant Miller; and one, Captain Russell, taken prisoner
while endeavoring to assist Major Savage. Of twenty-two
officers in the engagement, only eiglit returned unhurt. One-
half of the non-commissioned officers were killed or wounded
and nearly one-third of all the privates. The Colonel's horse
was shot under him. Total loss, — 34 killed, 120 wounded and
31 missing. Sergeant George, color-bearer, who succeeded in
bringing off the colors, after a hand-to-hand conflict with the
enemy, has since been promoted for his gallantry on that occa-
sion. Over fifty of the wounded were left in care of the Chap-
lain in a hospital which remained unmolested during the night
after the battle, though the enemy had pushed by the house,
and were all safely brought off by a circuitous route during
the night, with nearly two hundred and fifty from other regi-
ments. The dead were buried on the following Monday, under
care of our Chaplain, Rev. A. H. Quint. And in this connec-
tion it is not improper to speak of this officer, as having always,
and especially in time of action, been of the greatest value to
the regiment. Li conveying the wounded to places of safety
and in identifying and burying the dead at Cedar Mountain,
his energy and perseverance were of the highest order. At
Antietam his services were the same.
From Culpepper the regiment was moved, in common with
the whole of General Pope's army, to the north bank of the
Rappahannock, on the 19th of August. Here for one week it
was moved up and down the stream every day, being without
tents or other baggage, and after the movement of Jackson
upon Manassas, with little food, until at times officers and pri-
vates alike were reduced to the growing corn around them.
Often under fire, performing hard marches, with no shelter at
night during heavy rain, moving daily to the sound of the can-
non,— the ^Q"^ weeks of the service on the Rappahannock
severely tasked the devotion of this regiment.
At the time of the battles of the 29tli and 30th of August,
at Manassas, General Banks' corps lay within sound of the
conflict, but were left idle. The next morning, the corps, sup-
posed to be cut off from the main army, had orders to burn
all baggage and all ambulances save one to a regiment, and by
a deUmr across the Occaquan, escape from Broad Creek to Cen-
trevillo, or further north. The Second, by permission, saved
1803.] HOUSE— No. 3. 101
its train on condition it should causo no delay, and being again
placed in front, forded the Occaquan, and in the midst of a
pouring rain, marched five liours witliout a halt. The few
days and nights subsequent were characterized by great hard-
ships and exposure ; but on tlie 2d of yeptember it came inside
the line of the fortifications in front of Washington.
On the 4th of September the Second re-crossed into Mary-
land, moved up the river through Rockville in the command
of General Sumner, — General Banks being placed in command
of the troops in Washington, — and moved on towards the
enemy, day by day, until on tlie night of the 16th of Sep-
tember, it was at Antietam.
On tlie morning of that battle, September 17th, the corps,
then commanded by General Mansfield, lay in supporting dis-
tance of General Hooker, on the right. It was here that the
longest and hardest fighting took place. The Second was not
ordered in until about two hours after the commencement of
the contest. General Hooker's command being badly shattered,
the corps of General Mansfield reinforced him. Formed in line
and occupying an orchard, the Second commenced its fire. After-
wards, by a slight change of front by Colonel Andrews, a furious
cross fire was brought to bear upon the enemy opposite, who
broke and fled, leaving their flag as a trophy to the Second as
it advanced. From this second position it was afterwards
ordered to retire a short distance, being unsupported by any
adequate force, which it did in perfect order. It supported
batteries during the remainder of the day, but towards night it
advanced a mile and slept amidst the dead on the battle-field.
The losses of the regiment on that day were as follows :
Lieutenant-Colonel Wilder Dwight, mortally wounded ; Cap-
tain Francis and Lieutenants Mills and Crowninshield, seriously
wounded. Total loss — 13 killed, 54 wounded, 2 missing.
Lieutenant-Colonel Dwight was wounded while in a place of
comparative security, having previously ridden unhurt in front
of the line, waving the captured rebel flag, amidst the bullets of
the enemy and the cheers of our own men. Colonel Andrews'
horse was wounded, and nearly every officer received a missile
in some part of his clothing.
Two days afterwards, the regiment was ordered to Maryland
Heights ; and on the 29th of October, it left for Blackford's
102 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
Ford, on the Potomac, near Sliarpsbui-g, where it came under
command of Captain Cogswell, — Colonel Andrews being made
a Brigadier-General, Lieutenant-Colonel Savage having died in
Virginia from his wounds, and Major Quincy being temporarily
disabled by a severe wound received at Cedar Mountain.
At Blackford's Ford, the regiment was assigned to picket
duty. The ford is passable for a mile — being the main one by
which the rebel army left Maryland after the battle of Antietam
— and the duty has required one-third or more of the regiment
constantly on duty.
On the 25th of November, a recent murder by the notorious
guerilla, Captain Burke, having excited attention. Captain
Cogswell was ordered to send sixty men across the river by
night, in the hope of capturing him. Captain Cogswell led
the party himself, entered Shepherdstown with good precaution,
and surrounded two suspected houses before any suspicion of
his presence was excited. In one house. Captain Burke and
five of his men were waiting, their horses saddled, ready to
depart on some expedition. Captain Burke sprang from a
door, armed, and was repeatedly ordered to surrender. Trying
to escape, he was fired upon, and killed by the second shot.
The other five men, their horses, and important papers, were
safely brought off. Captain Burke had long been a terror to
the Union men of Virginia, being General Stuart's " chief of
scouts."
The next day. Captain Cogswell again led the same party
across the river, in daylight, secured the avenues from the
town, and arrested another person sought for ; paroled three
officers and twenty privates in hospital, and returned with some
arms and papers, having completely surprised the place. Both
enterprises were characterized by coolness and perfect success
in ever particular.
Both the former colonels, and all the officers of this regiment,
have been repeatedly commended in General Orders, and also
the entire body of enlisted men, for courage and steadfast-
ness, as well as for excellent drill. Of non-commissioned
officers, Pattison, Miller, Browning, Phalen, Powers, George,
Sawyer, Binney and Stone have been promoted to lieutenancies
in the regiment for good conduct. Fourteen of its officers have
been promoted to higher positions in other commands.
1863.] HONSE— No. 3. 103
The following is an abstract of the roster of the Second
Regiment : —
2 Colonels promoted Brigadier-Generals of Volunteers.
1 Lieutenant-Colonel promoted Colonel.
2 Majors promoted Lieutenant-Colonels.
1 Assistant-Surgeon promoted Surgeon.
2 Lieutenant-Colonels died of wounds.
1 Major promoted Colonel.
4 Captains killed in battle.
1 Captain promoted Lieutenant-Colonel.
3 Captains promoted Majors.
1 Captain promoted Major 33d Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers.
8 First Lieutenants promoted Brigade Staff Officers.
2 First Lieutenants promoted Assistant Adjutant-Generals.
14 First Lieutenants promoted Captains.
1 First Lieutenant promoted Captain 1st Regiment Cavalry, Mass. Vols.
1 First Lieutenant killed in battle.
24 Second Lieutenants promoted First Lieutenants.
1 Second Lieutenant promoted Assistant-Commissary of Volunteers.
1 Second Lieutenant promoted Assistant Adjutant-General.
21 Second Lieutenants have been taken from the enlisted men.
7 Second Lieutenants have been taken from civil life.
49 Commissions have been made for this regiment during the year 1862.
Parker Housp:, Boston, Dec. 11th, 1862.
His Excellency John A. Andrew :
Sir, — 1 received at home, during a brief absence from ill health, your
circular making inquiry as to the general military character of any regiments
of Massachusetts troops that are under my command, also intimating that any
suggestions for the benefit of Massachusetts soldiers, whether through future
legislative action or otherwise, would be thankfully received. (I have not the
circular by me.) I have in my brigade the regiment I originally raised, the
Second Massachusetts Regiment of Volunteers. This regiment has ever been
perfectly efficient and reliable ; its discipline and military proficiency have
ever called forth praise from its companions in arms, whether from its own or
sister States. It is the model in my own brigade for six regiments. " I fol-
lowed the example of the Second," " I am glad we have such a regiment in
our brigade," are words often spoken by a Colonel whose achievements in
this or that matter of ordered duty has been commended.
It M'ould be very interesting, as well as instructive, to compare for a period
the morning reports of the Second Massachusetts with other regiments of my
brigade. We should be furnished with satisfactory evidence, that discipline
preserves efficiency. I cannot doubt that the high state of discipline of the
Second Massachusetts Regiment has preserved its members from much sick-
ness incident to regiments in which the sanitary rules of the army regulations
are unheeded. I cannot doubt that the " present for duty " in the Second
Massachusetts Regiment are in a larger ratio than in others in which leaves
104 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT. ^ [Jan.
of absence, details, detachments, and frivolously excused or frivolously
detailed are in open violation of the regulations, as well as destructive to
military efficiency of our army. I can only touch upon this topic, which is so
very suggestive.
I should add, that the hearty and intelligent co-operation of the officers of
the Second Massachusetts Regiment, from its existence to the present hour, in
the efforts of its commanders to compel unflinching obedience to orders, both
of the army regulations and original, is the cause why Massachusetts can
point with pride to the Second Massachusetts Regiment of A^olunteers. I
enter not upon the achievements of this regiment on the field of battle. Its
exploits are historical.
I can but feel that much of the success of this regiment is due to the mode
of its creation. I refer to the appointment of officers who recruit their own
companies. The best officers are thus secured ; their military conduct is
independent of any favor from their commands. In voluntary organizations,
if this system could be preserved, I can confidently predict greater efficiency
everywhere. I believe the elective system impairs the efficiency of a military
organization to a most fearful extent.
It will alv/ays give me much pleasure to furnish any information for the
good of the State. I am proud of every regiment of Massachusetts troops.
I am sure of their superiority in fighting over any troops the rebels have sent
into the field. I am, sir, very respectfully.
Your obedient servant,
Geo. H. Gordon, Brigadier-General U. S. Volunteers.
Head-Quartkrs 1st Division, 1'2th (late Banks') Corps, )
Maryland Heights, Dec. 5, 1862. )
Colonel, — I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your circular
letter of 7th ult., covering one from His Excellency the Governor of Massa-
chusetts, asking for an expression of my opinion of the merits of the
Massachusetts corps with which I have had occasion to be acquainted.
The only Massachusetts Regiment which has been for any length of time
under my command is the Second Massachusetts Volunteers, originally
commanded by Colonel (now Brigadier-General) George H. Gordon, and
more recently by Colonel (now Brigadier-General) George L. Andrews.
This Regiment has been In my command, in Brigade or Division, for more
than a year.
In thoroughness of discipline, in perfection of drill, in regularity and prompt-
ness in camp and garrison duties, and the intelligence and fidelity of its
officers, it may well be questioned if this regiment has its superior In the
service.
In the actions at Winchester, Cedar Mountain, and Antietam, as well as In
several minor engagements in the campaigns of Banks' corps in the Shenan-
doah Vallej' — of the Army of Virginia on the Rappahannock, and of the
Army of the Potomac in Maryland, this regiment was especially conspicuous
for coolness, steadiness, and valor. In the battles of Cedar Mountain and
Antietam, its casualties were nearly one-third the number engaged in action.
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3. 105
The following named ofTicers of the regiment (perhaps others, whose names
liave escaped my recollection,) have fallen in battle, or died of wounds
received in action : — Lieutenant-Colonel Wilder Dwight, Major James S.
Savage, Captains E. G. Abbott, Wm. B. Williams, Richard Cary, Ilichard C.
Goodwin, Lieutenant S. G. Perkins. Your citizens will recognize in this list
of patriotic youth, who have given their lives for their country, names asso-
ciated with the proudest days and earliest fame of your glorious Common-
wealth. They will find in it gratifying proof that the Sons of Massachusetts
inherit the patriotism and valor of their distinguished sires.
His Excellency the Governor of the Commonwealth is pleased to ask for
suggestions of legislation, that may promote the efficiency and welfare of its
soldiers.
Without presuming to offer counsel to the intelligent legislators of Massa-
chusetts, I venture to hold up the example of the high character and proud
history of the Second Massachusetts Volunteers, in testimony that intelligent,
educated, and faithful officers make good and ambitious soldiers and efficient
regiments. I have the honor to be. Colonel, with much respect,
Your obedient servant,
A. S. Williams, Brig. Gen., Commanding 1st Div. 12th Corps.
Lieut. Col. A. G. Browne, Military Secretary, Boston, Mass.
The Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth and Eighth Regiments were
in the three months service. They are now in the nine montlis
service. I shall speak of them when I speak of the nine months
regiments.
106 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
SEVEiq-TH BEGIMENT.
[Jan.
Date of Commis-
sious.
Darius N. Couch, .
Chester W. Greene,
David E. Hohiian, .
S. Atherton Holman,
Z. Boylston Adams,
Nelson H. Davis.(Capt. U
Franklin P. Harlow.
Othoniel Gilmore, (Kegt. Lt.
Daniel Edson, Jr.,(Regt Lt. Q'
Joseph H. Wheelock,
Charles Raymond, .
David A. Russell, (Capt.
Henry W. Lincoln,
Arthur W. Cowdrey,
Franklin P. Harlow,
Joseph B. Leonard,
David H. Dyer,
John Cushing,
Charles T. Robinson,
Joseph B. Leonard,
Horace Fox, .
Zeba F. Bliss, .
John R. Whitcomb, .
Ward L. Foster,
John F. Ashley,
Franklin P. Harlow,
Edgar Robinson,
George W. Reed, .
George F. Holman,
William B. Stall, .
Othoniel Gilmore, .
Hiram A. Oakman,
James R. Matthewson,
William M. Hale, .
AVilliam H. Gurney,
Prentiss M. Whiting,
Jesse F. Eddy,
Jesse D. Bullock, .
Edgar Robinson,
Wi'lliam B. Stall, .
Hiram A. Oakman,
James M. Lincoln, .
Jolni W. Rogers,
Augustus W. Lothrop,
William W. Fisher,
George W. Reed, .
Abijali L. Mayhew, .
George F. Holman,.
Charles B. Des Jardines,
Dan Packard, .
James R. Matthewson,
S. 2d Lif.)
Adj
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m'r,)
4thlnfy,)
Colonel,
Lieut.-Colonel, .
Major,
Surgeon, .
Assistant'-Surgeon,
Colonel, ..
Major,
First Lieutenant,
a u
Colonel, .
Lieut.-Colonel, .
Colonel, .
Assistant-Surgeon,
Lieut.-Colonel,
Major,
Captain,
First Lieutenant,
June 15
15
15
15
15
Sept. 4
Aug. 1
June 15
15
Nov. 20
23
Jan. 31
May 27
Aug. 14
Oct. 25
25
June 15
15
15
15,
15
15
15
15
15
15
Aug. 1
1
Oct. 11
Nov, 13
8
Dec. 1
Oct. 25,
July 23
Nov. 1
22
June 15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
Aug. 1
1
Sept. 1
Oct. 11
Nov. 13
1861,
1862,
1861,
1862,
1861,
1863.]
HOUSE— No. 3.
SEVENTH REGIMENT.
107
Discharged.
Taunton, .
Fall River,
Attleborougli,
Taunton, .
Boston, .
Massachusetts,
Abington,
Raynham,
Dighton, .
Boston,
Plymouth,
New York,
Hubbardston,
Stow,
Abington,
Taunton, .
Fall River,
Raynham,
Taunton, .
Boston,
Taunton, .
Mansfield,
Easton, .
Attleborough,
Abington,
Raynham,
Abington,
Cambridge,
Taunton, .
Raynham,
Marshfield,
Taunton, .
n
Abington,
Attleborough,
Fall Eiver,
Raynham,
Taunton, .
Marshfield,
Taunton, .
Mansfield,
Easton, .
Attleborougli,
Abington,
u
Cambridge,
Attleborough,
Abington,
Taunton, .
Nov. 22, 18G1.
Aug. 1, "
May 31, 18G2,
Jan. 30, 18G2.
Oct. 24, "
Nov. 12, 1861.
7, "
Oct. 11, "
Nov. 30, 1861.
Aug. 1, 1861.
Dec. 6, 1862.
Sept. 9, "
Nov. 11, "
July 17, "
Dec. 19, 1862.
July 17, 1862.
Aug. 3, 1861.
Sept. 23, 1862.
Brig.-Gen. U. S. A., Sept. 4, 18G1.
Promoted Surgeon 32d Reg., May 2G, 1862.
Transferred Nov. 18.
Promoted Lieut.-Colonel, Oct. 25, 1862.
Captain, Nov. 8, 1861.
Brigadier-General Vol's, Nov. 29, 1862.
Promoted Major, Oct. 25, 1862.
Promoted Major, Aug. 1, 1861.
Died June 25, 1862.
Promoted Captain, Aug. 1, 1861.
" Nov. 13, "
" " Dec. 1, "
Promoted Capt. in 38th Reg., Aug. 12, '62.
Promoted Captain, Aug. 1, 1861.
Promoted Captain, Oct. 11, 1861.
Promoted Captain, Oct. 25, 1862.
108 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
Seventh Regiment — Continued.
[Jan.
Date of Commis-
sions.
William M. Hale, .
William W. Carsley,
William H. Nye, .
William H. Giirney,
Prentiss M. Whiting,
Edward L. Langford,
John B. Burt, .
Edward E. Hopkins,
Thomas High, .
Munroe F. Williams,
David C. Bancroft, .
Alfred A. Tilton, .
Christopher C. Weston,
Wright Bisbee,
Wiltiam H. Nye, .
George W. Giffbrd,
George F. Holman,
William M. Hall, .
William W. Carsley,
James R. Matthewson,
William F. White, .
Munroe E. Williams,
Charles B. Des Jardines,
Abijah L. Mayhew,
William H. Gurney,
William O'Neil,
Prentiss M. Whiting,
Joslah M. Eaton,
John B. Burt,
Edward F. Hopkins,
Frank B. Hayden, .
Thomas High,
Edward L. Langford,
David C. Bancroft, .
Christopher C. Weston,
Peleg Mitchell,
Albert A. Tillson, .
Wright Bisbee,
William H. Wade, .
Leonard Hathaway,
Anthony Davis,
James H. Langford,
George W. Andrews,
Edward N. Dean,
Charles T. Lee,
James E. Seaver,
John A. Jones,
Henry W. Nichols,
First Lieutenant,
Second Lieutenant,
Nov.
Dec.
June
July
Oct.
July
Sept.
Nov.
Dec.
Nov.
Dec.
June
Sept.
Aug.
Nov.
Dec.
June
June
July
Oct.
July
Sept.
Aug.
Nov.
Dec.
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21, "
25, "
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12, "
21, "
25, "
23, «
24, ■ "
3, "
11, "
1, "
7, "
22 "
12 "
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1863.]
HOUSE— No. 3.
Seventh Regiment — Continued.
109
Ecsldence.
Discliargccl.
Remarks.
Taunton, .
Promoted Captain, July 23, 1862.
Dorchester,
July 11,
1862.
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Fall River,
Dec. 6,
u
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Abington,
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Promoted Captain, Nov. 1, 1862.
Attleborough, .
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_
-
Fall River,
Promoted 1st Lieut., June 26, 1862.
" "
Aug. 3,
1861.
- _
Cambridge,
,
Promoted 1st Lieut., Aug. 1, 1861.
Taunton, .
,
" " Nov. 8, "
Dorchester,
" " Dec. 1, "
Taunton, .
,
" " Nov. 13, "
Mansfield,
Nov. 6,
1861.
- -
Easton, .
Promoted 1st Lieut., Nov. 1, 1862.
Attleborough, .
,
Sept. 1, 1861.
Abington,
" " Aug. 1, "
"
.
July 12, 1862.
Raynham,
Nov. 6,
1861.
-
Attleborough, .
,
Promoted 1st Lieut, July 21, 1862.
Fall River,
Nov. 2,
1861.
-
" "
Promoted 1st Lieut., July 23, 1862.
Milton, .
" Sept. 24, "
Fall River,
June 16,
1862.
- -
Mansfield,
,
Promoted 1st Lieut., Sept. 3, 1862.
Fall River,
,
" " Oct. 25, "
Taunton, .
, ,
,
" " Nov. 12, "
((
,
" " " 22 "
Fall River,
Died Aug. 10, 1862.
Mansfield,
,
Promoted 1st Lieut., Dec. 7, 1862.
Abington,
K K n 7 li
Attleborough, .
-
-
-
Dighton, .
—
-
- -
Fall River,
-
-
-
Easton, .
-
-
-
Taunton, .
-
-
-
Fall River, .
_
_
_ _
" "
—
—
— —
110 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
This regiincut is composed, in great part, of Bristol County
men. It was recruited by Colonel, now Brigadier-General,
Couch, and is composed of very excellent material. The report
of its doings since it left the Commonwealth, furnished by
Lieutenant-Colonel Harlow, is a mere outline of its camps, its
marches, and its battles. The regiment has often been spoken
of in General Orders, for its bravery and good conduct.
The Seventh Massachusetts Yolunteers was mustered into the
service of the United States, at Taunton, Massachusetts, June
15, 1861. It arrived in Washington City, D. C, July 15, 1861,
and encamped on Kalorama Heights, near Georgetown.
August 6, 1861, it moved to Camp Brightwood, D. C, and
went into winter quarters.
Marcli 11, 1862, it marched to Prospect Hill, Virginia ; 15th,
returned to Camp Brightwood ; 25th, embarked at Washington,
on steamer Daniel Webster, for Fortress Monroe ; disembarked
on the 29th, marched about seven miles, and went into camp at
Camp W. P. Smith, Virginia.
April 4, 1862, it marched eight miles, and encamped for the
night ; 5th, marched ten miles, and encamped at Camp Winfield
Scott, near Warwick Court-house, Virginia.
May 4, 1862, it marched toward Williamsburg eight miles, and
encamped for the night. 5th, the regiment participated in the
engagement before Williamsburg, arriving on the field, much
exhausted and fatigued, about half-past two in the afternoon ;
under a severe and well-served fire, they marched to the sup-
port of the exhausted troops of General Peck's brigade ; at
nightfall the regiment relieved the One Hundred and Second
Pennsylvania Volunteers, of that brigade, and without blankets
or fires, stood by their arms, in a drenching rain, during the
night; soon after daylight a detachment from Company K,
Captain Reed, with a detachment from General Davidson's
command, occupied Fort Magruder. The casualties in the
engagement were one killed and two wounded. 9th, they
marched twelve miles, and encamped for the night. 10th, they
marched seven miles, and encamped near Roper's Church. 13th,
they marched thirteen miles, and encamped near New Kent
Court-house. 16th, they made a reconnoissance of seven miles,
and encamped for the night at Baltimore Cross-roads. 17th,
they made a reconnoissance of six miles, and encamped three
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3. Ill
miles from Bottom's Bridge. IStli, our pickets and the Eighth
Bennsylvania Cavalry took possession ol' the Richmond and West
Point Railroad, to within about one mile of tlie biidge across the
Chickahorainy River. 19th, they marched one mile, and encamp-
ed near the railroad ; a detachment from Companies B and G
made a reconnoissance between the railroad and Bottom's Bridge.
20th, a detachment from Company C, under command of Major
Harlow and Captain Holman, was engaged in an examination of,
and slcTrmisli before, Bottom's Bridge. 21st, Company F, at the
railroad, and Compariy A, at Bottom's Bridge, after a brisk skir-
mish with the enemy's pickets, succeeded in driving them in, and
crossed the river at both bridges ; after crossing, a detachment
from the regiment made a reconnoissance of two miles, and re-
turned to camp. The casualties, during the several skirmishes,
were two privates wounded and one sergeant taken prisoner.
:24th, they marched five miles, and encamped for the night. 25th,
they marched three miles, and encamped near Fair Oaks.
The regiment participated in the battle of Seven Pines, or
Fair Oaks, on Saturday and Sunday, May 31st and June 1st.
Casualties during the engagement, one sergeant and three
privates wounded.
June 2, 1862, they marched to Gelding's Farm, two miles ; 5th,
supported a battery at Golding's Farm ; 7th, marched to camp
near Savage's Station, three miles; 25th, engaged the enemy
near Seven Pines. Casualties during the engagement, one
lieutenant and one private killed, and fourteen privates
wounded. 27th, they marched eight miles, and camped for the
night on the Charles City road ; 28th, marched five miles, and
encamped ; 29th, the regiment had a skirmish with the enemy's
cavalry. Casualties, none on our side. They then marched ten
miles towards James River ; 30th, marched about two miles,
and encamped near Turkey Island Bend.
July 1, 1862, they marched about one mile, to the woods
near Malvern Hill, on picket ^ 2d, marched nine miles, and
encamped near Harrison's Landing ; 3d, marched up the
river three and one-half miles, and encamped.
August 6, 1862, they made a reconnoissance to Turkey Island
Bend, and returned to camp next day ; 8th, made another
reconnoissance, to Haxall's Station ; 11th, returned to camp.
16th, marched nine miles, and encamped near Charles City
112 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
Court-liouse. 17tli, they marched twenty-five miles, crossing the
Chickahominy, and encamped on the banks of the river; 18th,
marched eighteen miles, through Williamsburg, and encamped
about five miles from the city, on the Yorktown road ; 20th,
marched eight miles, passing through Yorktown, and encamped
two miles from the town, on the Big Bethel road ; 29th,
marched to Yorktown, and embarked on barque Texas for
Alexandria, where they arrived August 31st.
September 1, 1862, they disembarked at Alexandrfa, and
marched at night fifteen miles, nearly to Fairfax Court-house,
Virginia ; 2d, marched back, and to within about four miles of
Chain Bridge ; 3d, marched four miles, and encamped near Chain
Bridge ; 5th, crossed Chain Bridge, and marched, through
Tonally Town, about nine miles ; 6th, marched six miles, to
Orfutt's Cross-roads, Maryland, and encamped; 9th, marched
eight miles, to Seneca Mills, and encamped ; 10th, marched
to Poolesville, nine miles, and encamped ; 12th, crossed the
Monocacy River to Sicksville, six miles ; 13th, marched over
the mountains, through Jefferson, and encamped near Burketts-
ville, ten miles ; 14th, marched through Burkettsville and
South Mountain Gap, and encamped in Pleasant Yalley ; 17th,
marched eight miles, up South Mountain and through Rohers-
ville ; encamped for the night ; 18th, marched to the battle-field
of Antietam, and formed line of battle in the rear of Porter's
corps, where they remained a few hours ; then marched across
the Antietam River to the battle-field of the day before, and were
stationed as picket. 20th, they marched nine miles, and formed
line of battle near St. James College, on the Williamsport road.
21st, moved into the woods, and encamped. 23d, they marched
two miles, and encamped near Downesville.
October 18, 1862, they marched through Williamsport, and en-
camped near Clear Springs, twelve miles. 20th, they marched
sixteen miles, crossing North Mountain, and encamped at Han-
cock; 21st, returned to Nortl\ Mountain, and encamped near
Cherry Run, ten miles; 27th, marched thirteen miles back,
through Clear Springs, and encamped near Williamsport ; 29th,
marched three miles, to Downesville ; 31st, marched fourteen
miles, and encamped near Rohersville.
November 1, 1862, they marched ten miles, and encamped near
.Berlin ; 3d, marched ten miles, crossing the Potomac into
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3. 113
Virginia, and encamped near Wheatland ; 4th, marched fifteen
miles, and encamped near Union ; 5th, marched five miles, and
encamped near Upperville ; 6th, marched fifteen miles, and
encamped at White Plain ; 9th, marched five miles, and
encamped at New Baltimore, Virginia.
Total number of killed in battle, one lieutenant and three
privates ; wounded, one sergeant and twenty-five privates ;
taken prisoners, one sergeant and six privates ; deserted, fifty-
eight ; died from sickness, forty-eight.
This only brings the story of the regiment to the 10th of
November. Since that time, it has taken part in the advance
upon Fredericksburg, under Major-General Burnside, and, at
the last account, was at or near Falmouth, Virginia, in the army
of the Potomac.
The following is an abstract of the changes in its roster : —
1 Colonel promoted Brigadier-General, U. S. A.
1 Assistant-Surgeon promoted Surgeon 32d Regiment Mass. Volunteers.
1 Major promoted Lieutenant-Colonel.
2 Captains promoted Majors.
10 First Lieutenants promoted Captains.
1 First Lieutenant died.
17 Second Lieutenants promoted First Lieutenants.
1 Second Lieutenant died.
22 Second Lieutenants have been taken from the enlisted men.
1 Second Lieutenant has been taken from civil life.
35 Commissions have been made for this regiment during the year 1862.
1 Colonel discharged.
2 Lieutenant-Colonels discharged.
1 Major discharged.
15
114 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
NINTH REGIMENT.
[Jan ,
Date of Commis-
NAMES.
Kank.
sious.
Thomas Cass, . . . . .
Colonel,
June
11, 18G],
Cromwell G. Rowcll,
Lieut. Colonel, .
11
11
Robert Peard,
Major,
11
"
Peter Pineo, .
Surgeon, .
11
u
Patrick A. O'Connell,
Assistant-Surgeon,
11
11
Thomas Scully,
Chaplain, .
June
17
1861,
Stephen W. Drew, .
Surgeon, .
Aug.
27
11
Francis M. Lincoln,
Assistant-Surgeon,
Sept.
12
11
George W. Perkins,
First Lieut., (Adj't,) .
June
11
u
John Moran, .
" (Qrm'r,)
11
11
William Strachan, .
" (Adj't,) .
Aug.
2(3
"
Robert Peard, .
Lieut. Colonel, .
Oct.
24
11
Patrick R. Guiney, .
Major,
24
"
Thomas Mooney,
First Lt., and Qrm'r,
Nov.
27
11
Patrick R. Guiney, .
Lieut. Colonel, .
Jan.
28
1862,
Patrick T. Hanley,
Major,
28
u
Henry H. Fuller, .
Assistant-Surgeon,
July
7
11
Patrick R. Guiney, .
Colonel,
26
"
Patrick T. Hanley, .
Lieut. Colonel, .
26
11
James F. Sullivan, .
Assistant-Surgeon,
31
u
James W. Fitzpatrick,
U il.
Aug.
14
"
George W. Button, .
Major,
26
a
John Ryan,
Assistant Surgeon,
Bee.
13
"
James F. Sullivan, .
Surgeon, .
13
u
James E. Gallagher,
Captain,
June
11
1861,
Christopher Plunkett,
(1
11
11
William Madigan, .
a
11
It
Patrick R. Guiney, .
u
11
K
John R. Teague,
a
11
11
Edward Fitzgerald,
(i
11
11
John Carey, .
u
11
11
Jeremiah O'Neil,
a
11
11
Charles J. McCarthy,
a
11
11
George W. Button, .
u
11
U
James E. McCafFerty,
u
11
il
Patrick T. Hanley, .
u
Aug.
26
11
Timothy O'Learv, .
a
Sept.
7
11
John H. Rafferty, .
u
Oct.
24
11
John W. Mahan, .
(1
25
11
John C. Willey, .
a
Jan.
28
1862,
Michael Scanlan,
11
28
"
Thomas R. Roache,
a
July
8
11
John H. Walsh, .
u
June
28
11
James F. McGunigle,
u
Sept.
28
u
Michael F. O'Hara,
u
June
28
It
John M. Tobin,
a
Aug.
28
"
Timothy Burke,
a
27
11
Patrick W. Black, .
u
Oct.
20
tt
Michael Scanlan, .
First Lieutenant,
June
11
1861,
1
1863.]
HOUSE— No. 8.
NINTH REGIMENT.
115
Discharged.
Boston,
Mil ford,
Boston,
Woburn,
Boston,
Milford,
Boston,
Chelsea,
Boston,
Stoughton,
Boston,
;b,
Salem,
Marlborouc
Milford,
Boston,
Stoughton,
Boston,
u
Salem,
Cambridge,
Boston,
Cambridge,
Boston,
Milford,
Boston,
Stoughton,
Boston,
Milford,
Portland, Me.
Boston, .
Oct. 23, 18G1.
Sept.
Oct.
Dec.
July
Aug.
Nov.
Feb.
12, 1801.
31, 18(J2,
6, "
12, "
4, 1861.
26, "
25, 1862,
July 9, 1862.
Aug. 7, 1861.
Jan. 27, 1862.
Sept. 3, 1861.
Oct. 19, 1862.
Jan. 7, 1863.
Died in Boston, of wounds, July 12, 18G2.
Promoted Lieut. Colonel Oct. 21, 1861.
" Brigade Surgeon.
Discharged for disability.
App'ted Surgeon 35th Regt. July 28, '62.
Cashiered.
Died Jan. 27, 1862.
Promoted Lieut. Colonel, Jan. 28, 1862.
Promoted Colonel, July 26, 1862.
Lieut. Colonel, July 26, 1862.
Declined to receive Commission.
Promoted Surgeon, Dec. 13, 1862.
Killed at battle Gaines' Mills, June 27, '62.
Promoted Major, Oct. 24, 1861.
Killed at battle Gaines' Mills, June 27, '62.
It " U (k u
Refused to qualify.
Promoted Major,' Aug. 26, 1862.
Killed at battle Gaines' Mills, June 27, '62.
Promoted Major, Jan. 28, 1862.
Commission cancelled, and appointed 1st
[Lieut., Nov. 2, 1861.
Promoted Captain, Jan. 28, 1862.
116 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
Ninth Regiment — Continued.
[Jan.
Date of Commis-
sions.
Patrick T. Hanley, .
John W. ]\Iahan, .
William W. Doherty,
Michael H. McNamara,
Timotliy O'Leary, .
John M. Tobin,
Thomas R. Roaehe, .
James E. McCafferty,
James F. McGunigle,
John H. Walsh,
Patrick Walsh,
Philip E. Redmond,
John H. Rafferty, .
Edward Mc Sweeny,
John C. Willey, .
Timothy Burke,
Richard P. Nugent,
Patrick W. Black, .
Michael F. O'Hara,
Michael Phalen,
Michael A. Finnerty,
Archibald Simpson,
William B. Maloney,
Matthew Dacey,
Nicholas C. Flaherty,
William A. Phelan,
John Doherty,
Michael Flynn,
Daniel G. McNamara,
Martin O'Brien,
James W. McNamara,
Michael F. O'Hara,
Patrick Walsh,
Edward Mc Sweeny,
John H. Rafferty, .
John H. AValsh,
Philip Redmond,
Archibald Simpson,
Timothy Burke,
Richard P. Nugent,
John C. Willey,
Timothy F. Lee,
Patrick W. Black, .
Michael Phalen,
Nicholas C. Flaherty,
Michael Flynn,
Edward Finnotty, .
Michael A. Finnerty,
Matthew Dacey,
First Lieutenant,
Second Lieutenant,
June
Aug.
Sept.
Nov.
Oct.
Sept.
Jan.
Mar.
Feb.
Jan.
Sept.
July
June
Aug.
Oct.
June
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Sept.
Nov.
Jan.
11, 1861.
11, "
11, "
11, "
11, "
11, "
11, "
11, "
11, "
11, "
26, "
7, "
2, "
2.5' "
11, "
5, 1862,
28, "
1, "
26, "
28, "
26, "
26, "
26, "
26, "
26, "
3, »
2, "
28', "
27 "
20i "
21, "
11, 1861,
11, "
11, "
11, "
11, "
11, »
11, "
11, "
11, "
11, "
11, "
26, "
7, "
24, "
25, "
11, "
8, "
5, 1862,
1863.]
HOUSE— No. 3.
Nintli Regmient — Continued.
117
Bcsldcnce.
Boston,
Salem,
Boston,
Milford
Boston,
Stougliton
Boston,
Salem,
Cambi'idg
Boston,
Cambridge
Milford, "
Boston,
Portland,
Boston,
Salem,
Milford,
Boston,
Salem,
Boston,
a
Salem,
Boston,
Cambridc
Boston,
Salem,
Boston,
Milford,
Boston,
Cambridf
Boston,
Portland,
Salem,
Boston,
Me.
Milford,
Boston,
Me.,
Nov. 1, 18(31.
Sept. 10, "
Jan. 4, 1862.
Feb. 28, "
Oct. 14, 1862,
Promoted Captain, Aug. 26, 1861.
" " Oct. 25, "
Dismissed from the service.
Promoted Captain, Sept. 7, 1861.
" " Aug. 28, 1862.
" " July 9, "
June 11, 1861.
Sept. 28, 1862.
" " June 28, "
Cashiered.
Killed at battle Malvern, Va., July 1, '62.
a u a u u
Promoted Captain, Jan. 28, 1862.
" Aug. 27, "
Killed at battle Gaines' Mills, June 27, '62.
Promoted Captain, Oct. 20, 1862.
" " June 28, "
Disc'ged as 2d Lieut. Commis'd as 1st Lt.
- [ret'd by Col. and c'celled.
Promoted 1st Lieut., Feb. 26, 1862.
Aug. 26, 1861.
" ' " Oct. 25, "
" Captain, Oct. 24, 1861.*
" 1st Lieut. June 11, "
Sept. 7, "
Sept. 26, 1862.
" " Jan. 5, "
" " Jan. 28, "
" " Sept. 11, "
Dism'd by sent'ce of Ct. Martial, Nov. 2, '61.
Promoted 1st Lieut., March 1, 1862.
" " Jan. 28, "
" " Sept. 26, "
" " June 28, "
Promoted 1st Lieut, Sept. 26, 1862.
" " Sept. 26, 1862.t
* Commission cancelled, and appointed 1st Lieut., Nov. 2, 1861.
t Discharged October 14, 1862, as 2d Lieut. New Commission returned and cancelled.
118 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
Ninth Regiment — Contiri ued.
[Jan.
Date of Commis-
sions.
Francis O'Dowd,
John Doliertv,
'William B. Malonov,
William A. Phelan,"
Martin O'Brien,
Bernard F. Finan, .
Timothy Daee}',
John F. Doherty,
Patrick E. Murphy,
Daniel G. McNamara,
Charles B. McGinnisken,
William J. Blood, .
Christopher Plunkett,
Robert A. Miller, .
James W. McNamara,
Hugh McGunuigle, .
Second Lieutenant,
Feb.
Mar.
Feb.
Sept.
Auo;.
Oct".
10,
10,
1,
20.
26,
26,
26,
26,
26,
26,
26,
26,
26,
27,
20,
21,
1862.
The Ninth Regiment was among the first three years regi-
ments recruited in this Commonwealth. Its material was men
of Irish hirth. The life and soul of the regiment was Colonel
Cass, until he was mortally wounded in the battle before Rich-
mond, June 2Tth, 1862. lie survived until he reached his
home in Boston, where he died in his own house, surrounded
by his family and kindred.
1 have received from Colonel Guiney, who succeeded Colonel
C.iss in the command of the regiment, the following brief nar-
rative of its existence since it left the State.
The Ninth Regiment of Massacluisetts Volunteers was organ-
ized during the month of April, 1861, and was encamped at
Long Island, Boston Harbor, some six weeks or more, when we
embarked for Washington, arriving in safety June 29, 1861.
Upon our arrival at Washington we encamped about one mile
from the city, on Emart's Farm. Marched from this camp
July 23, 1861, across the Potomac and encamped at Arlington
Heights, Virginia, where we remained until the 29th of Sep-
tember, when we left this camp to participate in the grand
forward movement of the army of the Potomac, and ari-ived at
Miners' Hill, Virginia, which camp we occupied till March 10,
when we marched to Fairfax Court-house, where we remained
one week. From the ce we moved to Alexandria, Virginia,
1863.]
HOUSE— No. 3.
Ninth Regiment — Continued.
119
Uesideuce.
Dischargcil.
Kcinavks.
Boston,
Salem,
Boston,
Salem,
Boston,
Lawrence
Boston,
Milford,
Boston,
u
u
u
u
Boston,
_ _
Killed at battle Gaines' Mills, June 27, '62.
Promoted 1st Lieut, July 2, 18G2.
Sept. 26, "
July 3, "
" Out. 20, "
Promoted 1st Lieut., Aug. 27, 1862.
\
Promoted 1st Lieut., Oct. 21, 1862.
and embarked for the Peninsula, arriving at Fortress Monroe
the latter part of March, 1862, and encamped near Hampton,
Virginia.
Our regiment formed part of a reconnoissance toward York-
town, under command of General Fitz John Porter, driving
the enemy from their works at Big Bethel.
April 4th. Advanced to Yorktown, participating in the
battle before that town the following day, also in the subsequent
siege. The first breastworks erected by the Union troops at
this important place was constructed by our regiment under
cover of darkness, occupying one night to perform the difficult
task. After the evacuation of Yorktown by the enemy, our
regiment embarked for West Point, arriving May 6th, 1862,
from whence we marched to Cumberland, where we remained
two days and then moved to White House, Virginia. Here we
remained some six or eight days, when we marched to Gaines'
Mills, on the Ohickahominy River, arriving May 25th. Formed
part of General Fitz John Porter's corps at the battle of Hano-
ver Court-house, (May 27th,) in which our regiment took an
active part, losing 1 killed, 9 wounded and 1 missing. The
regiment marched back to Gaines' Mills on the 29th, where we
remained till June 26th, when we marched to Mechanicsville
and participated in the battle near that town which occurred
120 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
the same day. Our loss in tliis battle was 1 killed and 6
wounded. We remained in position during the night, and the
following morning marched to, and fought the battle of Gaines'
Mills, alone — losing during the engagement 6 killed, 20 wound-
ed and 1 missing. The same day, (June 27th,) participated
in the battle of the Chickahominy, where our loss amounted
to 52 killed, 130 wounded, and 15 missing. The following
morning we crossed tlie Chickahominy and bivouacked on the
banks of the river, where we remained till the following day,
when we marched towards Malvern Hill. On the afternoon of
July 1st we took an active part in the battle fought at that place,
our loss being IJL killed, 147 wounded and 22 missing. The
following morning we marched to Harrison's Landing, on the
banks of the James River, where we remained encamped until
August 14, 1862. From thence we marched down the Penin-
sula, arriving at Fortress Monroe after a march of five days.
August 20th. Marched to Newport News and embarked for
Acquia Creek, where we arrived the following day. Here we
were transported by rail to Fredericksburg, where we encamp-
ed and remained some two or three days. On the 24th of
August we marched to Ellis' Ford, on the Rappahannock,
where we remained a few days only, then marched to Warren-
ton Junction. From thence we marched to Manassas and were
present at all the engagements near that place, our loss being
only 5 wounded. We marched from Manassas, via Vienna, to
Chain Bridge, on the Potomac, from whence we returned next
day to our old camp ground at Miners' Hill, after an absence
of nearly sis months. Left this camp September 12th and
marched to Fredeinck, Maryland, where we arrived the 14th
inst. On the following day we marched to Boonsboro' and
Were present at the battle of Antietam. The next day we fol-
lowed the retreating enemy to the banks of the Potomac, where
we encamped. We were present at the battle of Botler's Mill ;
also formed part of the reconnoissance towards Charlestown,
Virginia, October 22d, under command of General Humphrey ;
loss, 1 wounded. On the 30th of October marched to Harper's
Ferry, Virginia, from thence to Snickers' Gap, where we
remained three days. November 5t]i we left Snickers' Gap and
marched to Warronton, where wo arrived November 10th,
18G3.] HOUSE— No. 3. 121
Total number of killed, wounded and prisoners since the
regiment left Massachusetts,* is as follows: — killed, 71;
wounded, 314; prisoners, 48. Fourteen only have died from
disease. None have deserted to the enemy. Dropped from
our rolls and treated as deserters, 109, — many of whom have
since returned to duty. Twenty-two of our wounded have
died in hospitals in the north, also many have been discharged.
Now on duty, 647.
Since the above report was written, the regiment has been
engaged in the battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia, December
13th, in which it lost 1 killed and 27 wounded.
The regiment is now at Falmouth, Virginia.
The following is an abstract of the roster : —
1 Colonel died of wounds.
2 Majors promoted Lieutenant- Colonels.
1 Surgeon promoted Brigade-Surgeon.
1 Assistant-Surgeon promoted Surgeon 35th Regiment Mass. Volunteers.
1 Lieutenant-Colonel promoted Colonel.
4 Captains killed at the battle of Gaines' Mills, Virginia.
3 Captains promoted Majors.
13 First Lieutenants promoted Captains.
1 First Lieutenant dismissed from the service.
3 First Lieutenants killed.
22 Second Lieutenants promoted First Lieutenants.
1 Second Lieutenant dismissed by order of Court Martial.
1 Second Lieutenant killed at battle of Gaines' Mills.
23 Second Lieutenants have been taken from the enlisted men.
1 Second Lieutenant has been taken from civil life.
52 Commissions have been made for this regiment during the year 1862.
1 Lieutenant-Colonel discharged.
16
122 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
TENTH REGIMENT.
[Jan.
Date of Commis-
NAMES.
Rank.
sions.
Henry S. Brigo^s, ....
Colonel, .
June 21, 1861,
JefFord M. Decker, .
Lieut. Colonel, .
21, "
William R. Marsh, .
Major,
21, "
Cyrus N. Chamberlain, .
Surgeon, .
21, "
AVilliam Holbrook, .
Assistant-Surgeon, .
21, "
Frederic A. Barton,
Chaplain, .
July 5, "
Oliver Edwards,
First Lieut., (Adj't,) .
June 21, "
John W. Rowland, .
" " (Qrm'r,)
21, "
George Jewett,
Assistant-Surgeon,
Jan. 21, 1862,
Ozro Miller, .
Major,
June 15, "
Albert B. Robinson,
Assistant-Surgeon,
Aug. 9, "
Joseph B. Parsons, .
Lieut. Colonel, .
July 20, "
Dexter F. Parker, .
Major,
Aug. 12, «
Henry L. Eustis,
Colonel,
15, "
A. J. Bingham,
Chaplain, .
13, «
Ralph 0. Ives,
Captain, .
June 21, 1861,
Elisha Smart, .
u
21, "
Joseph B. Parsons, .
u
21, "
Thomas W. Clapp, .
It
21, "
Frederic Barton,
u
21, "
Hosea C. Lombard, .
u
21, "
Edwin E. Day,
ii
21, "
Ozro Miller, .
u
21, "
John H. Cliiford, .
a
21, "
Lucius B. Walkley,
u
21, "
Joseph K. Newell, .
(1
Nov. 6, "
Samuel C. Traver, .
u
June 1, 1862,
George Pierce,
a
1, "
Byron Porter, .
u
16, "
Edwin T. Johnson, .
a
12, "
James H. Wetherell,
u
Sept. 8, "
Charles Wheeler, .
u
Juy ?1, «
Flavel ShurtleflF, .
u
21, «
George W. Bigelow,
a
Nov. 3, "
Homer G. Gilmore, .
11
26, "
William Shuter,
u
26, "
Edwin L. Knight, .
ii
26, "
James M. Bacon,
First Lieutenant,
June 21, 1861,
Samuel C. Traver, .
" '^
21, "
James H. Wetherell,
" "
21, «
Charles Wheeler, .
" "
21, «
Byron Porter, .
" "
21, "
Hiram A. Keith,
(( "
21, "
George Pierce,
" "
21, "
Chandler J. Woodward,
" "
21, «
Joseph K. Newell, .
(( u
01 "
-1,
David M. Chase,
" "
21, "
Joseph H. Bennett, .
" "
Nov. 6, "
Flavel Shurtleff,
" "
Dec. 5, "
David \V. Wells, .
" "
June 1, 1862,
Lorenzo L. Remington,
" "
1, "
1863.]
HOUSE— No. 3.
TENTH BEGIMENT.
123
Discharged.
Remarks.
Pittsficld,
Lawrence,
Northampton,
Palmer, .
Springfield,
Pittsfield,
Fitcliburg,
Shelburne,
Holden, .
Northampton,
Worcester,
Cambridge,
Westfield,
Gt. Barrington,
Adams, .
Northampton,
Pittsfield, .
Springfield,
11
Greenfield,
Shelburne,
Holyoke, .
Westfield,
Springfield,
Adams, .
Greenfield,
Springfield,
Westfield,
Northampton,
Dalton, .
Northampton,
Springfield,
Shelburne,
Springfield,
Gt. Barrington,
Adams, .
Northampton,
Dalton, .
Springfield,
11
Greenfield,
Shelburne,
Holvoke, .
Westfield,
W. Springfield,
Northampton,
Adams,
Greenfield,
July 17,
June 14,
Sept. 29,
Nov. 17,
1862.
1862,
Jan. 16, 1863.
Nov. 25,
Nov. 2,
Nov. 5,
July 11,
Nov. 2.5,
Nov. 25,
1862,
1862.
. I
1861. i
1862. i
Sept. 7, 1862,
Dec. 4, 1861.
Sept. 7, 1862,
Nov. 25, "
June 12, 1862.
June 20, 1862.
Nov. 25, "
Nov. 28, 1862.
25, "
Promoted Brigadier-General Volunteers.
Promoted Surgeon 18th Reg., Jan. 13, '62.
Resigned.
Promoted Major 37th Reg't, Aug. 9, 1862.
Surgeon 51st Reg't, M. V. M., Nov. 4, 1862.
Deceased.
Discharged as Captain, July 19, 1862.
[31, 1862.
Killed in battle, at " Seven Pines," Va., May
Promoted Lieut. Col., July 20, 1862. Dis-
Cashiered. [charged, July 19, 1862.
- _ - [31, 1862.
Killed in battle, at " Seven Pines," Va., May
Promoted Major, June 15, 1862.
Cashiered.
11
Discharged as 1st Lieutenant.
Declined promotion. Commission returned.
Promot|d Captain,' June 1, 1862.
" ■ ' " Sept. 8, "
Promoted Captain, June 16, 1862.
Cashiered.
Promoted Captain, June 1, 1862.
Promoted Captain, Nov. 6, 1861.
Dismissed.
Promoted Captain, July 31, 1862.
Dismissed.
124
ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
Tenth Regiment — Continued.
[Jan.
NAMES.
Rank.
Date of Commis-
sions.
George W. Bigelow, . . . First Lieutenant,
June 16,
1862,
Allen S. iNIansir,
1 il u
21,
7
William Sliuter,
1 (1 u
Sept. 8,
u
Wallace A. Putnam,
1 U it
July 21,
Au<T. 9,
(I
Homer G. Gilmore,
U (1
(1
Chas. H. Brewster,
'( tl
Sept. 29,
Nov. 3,
u
AVilliam A. Ashley, .
'1 u
u
Edwin Whitney,
U (1
26,
u
L. Oscar Eaton,
U u
26,
((
Willard I. Bishop, .
(( a
Sept. 29,
Nov. 26,
u
Nelson II. Gardner,
u u
((
Edwin B. Bartlett, .
u u
26,
a
Mark Cotrell, .
" "
26,
((
Levi Ross,
" "
29,
u
Alanson E. Munyan,
" "
Dec. 26,
a
Henry L. Wilcox, .
Second Lieutenant, .
June 21,
1861,
Lewis AV. Goddard,
" "
21,
K
Flavel Shurtleff, .
U u
21,
U
George Hager,
'1 (1
21,
((
Wallace A. Putnam,
" "
21,
u
George W. Bigelow,
" (.i.
21,
1(
Lorenzo L. Eemington,
" "
■^7
21,
u
Benjamin F. Leland,
" ■ "
21,
u
Joseph H. Bennett, .
11 a
21,
(1
Edwin T. Johnson, .
(' u
21,
((
Allen S. Mansir, .
a u
Oct. 7,
tl
Homer G. Gilmore,
u u
Nov. 6,
u
David W. Wells, .
" "
20,
u
Charles H. Brewster,
a u
Dec. 5,
((
Elihu B. Whittlesev,
" "
June 1,
1862,
N. P. A. Blais, \
" "
21,
u
James Knox, .
(1 a
1,
u
Edwin E. Moore, .
" "
1,
u
William Shuter,
u a
•^7
16,
((
Henry E. Crane,
" "
July 12,
1(
William Arthur Ashley,
u u
Sept. 8,
u
Edwin L. Knight, .
" "
July 21,
Aug. 9,
((
Willard I. Bishop, .
U 1.1.
((
Edwin B. Bartlett, .
" "
Sept. 29,
29,
u
Nelson H. Gardner,
■^
u u
u
Edward H. Graves,
u u
Nov. 3,
i(
George W. Potter, .
u a
26,
u
Henry A. Brown, .
u a
Sept. 29,
u
Simeon N. Eldredge,
U C(
Nov. 26,
u
Terry S. Noble,
a u
26,
((
William F. Darby, .
" "
26,
u
Charles II. Knapp, .
u u
26,
u
James C. Gasner, .
u u
26,
u
George C. Kaulback,
u u
26,
u
This regiment was recruited in the five western counties.
Its camp of rendezvous was at Springfield. Previous to leav-
ing the State for the seat of war, it came to Boston and
1863.]
HOUSE— No. 3.
TenUi Rcfjtment — Continued.
125
Eesidence.
Discharged.
Remarks.
Sprin<>;field,
_
_
Promoted Captain, Nov. 3, 1862.
Monturey,
-
-
- -
Shclburue,
-
-
Promoted Captain, Nov. 26, 1862.
Dan vers, .
—
—
- -
Springfield,
-
-
Promoted Captain, Nov. 26, 1862.
Northampton, .
-
-
- -
W. Springfield,
-
-
-
Springfield,
_
_
_ -
Northampton, .
—
—
— —
Lenox,
—
—
— —
Springfield,
-
-
-
Northampton, .
-
-
-
Gt. Barrington,
Oct.
7,
186
1. -
Adams, .
Nov.
19,
a
- _
Northampton, .
Promoted 1st Lieut., Dec. 5, 1861.
Pittsfield, .
Nov.
25,
186
2, Dismissed.
Danvers, .
Promoted 1st Lieut., July 28, 1862.
Springfield,
,
June 16, "
Greenfield,
.
" " 41 \ «
Shelburne,
Killed in battle Seven Pines, Va., May 31,'62.
W. Springfield,
Promoted 1st Lieut., Nov. 6, 1861.
Westfield,
Captain, July 12, 1862.
Monterey,
.
" 1st Lieut., June 21, "
Springfield,
" " Aug. 9, «
Adams, .
.
" " June 1, "
Northampton, .
.
" " Sept. 29, "
Pittsfield,
—
-
— -
Adams, .
Sept
28,
186
2, Deceased.
Springfield,
Nov.
25,
u
Dismissed.
Greenfield,
25,
u
a
Shelburne,
Promoted 1st Lieut., Sept. 8, 1862.
Springfield,
Nov.
25,
186
2, Dismissed.
W. Springfield,
-
-
Promoted 1st Lieut., Nov. 3, 1862.
Springfield,
-
-
" Captain Nov. 26, "
Northampton, .
-
-
" 1st Lieut., Sept. 29, ""
— -
-
—
" " Nov. 26, "
-
-
-
" " " 26, '^
Greenfield,
I
I
I I
Northampton, .
-
~
~ —
Holyoke, .
^
-
- -
Springfield,
-
-
- -
Montague,
—
-
- -
remained several days in camp at Medford. The officers and
men were almost exclusively citizens living in the western part
of the State. The regiment went out under command of
126 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
Colonel Briggs, who was subsequently promoted Brigadier-
General, for gallant conduct on the field.
On the 25th of July, 1861, this regiment embarked at Bos-
ton on the steamers " Ben Deford " and " S. R. Spaulding,"
and sailed for Washington, where they arrived July 28th, and
disembarked at the Navy Yard. On July 30th they encamped
on Kalorama Heights ; remained there one week, then removed
to Brightwood, five miles north of Washington, on the Rock-
ville road, and there remained without important change till
March 10th, 1862, when the advance on Manassas was made,
at which time the regiment marched to Prospect Hill, Virginia.
On the 27th of March they embarked at Washington for
Fortress Monroe, landed April Ist, and marched to Camp
Smith, five miles from Hampton. April 5th, they marched to
Warwick Court-house and took part in the operations before
Yorktown. May 3d, they commenced pursuit of the enemy to
Williamsburg, arriving at that battle-ground on the evening of
May 5th, in time to support the right wing in the last part of
the battle.
May 8th, they commenced pursuit of the enemy up the Pen-
insula and reached Savage's Station, May 28th, 1862. May
31st, the enemy attacked the advanced division, (General
Casey's,) in great force, compelling it to give way, and the
weight of the conflict fell upon a portion of General Couch's
division. During the entire afternoon the Tenth Regiment was
actively engaged, and received much praise for the gallantry
and steadiness with which it sustained itself, in the face of
overwhelming odds.
On the 25th of June, they were again called into action, in
support of the advance on the left, which was preliminary to
the retreat to Harrison's Landing. July 1st, they were engaged
in the battle of Malvern Hill, and, in connection with the
Thirty-Sixth New York Regiment in the same brigade, almost
annihilated an entire brigade of the enemy, consisting partly
or entirely of North Carolina troops. August 16th, they com-
menced the retreat from Harrison's Landing. August 28th,
they embarked at Yorktown for Alexandria, landing September
1st. On the same day they marched to Fairfax Court-house
and back to the vicinity of Alexandria. September 2d, they
marched to Chain Bridge. September 3d, tlioy crossed the
bridge into Maryland and commenced the campaign in that
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3. 127
State. September 16th, they reached Pleasant Valley. Sep-
tember 17th, they marched to Harper's Ferry and back through
Keedysville to the vicinity of the battle-ground of Antietani,
which battle was fought that day. September 18tli, they were
placed in the first line of battle, but the fight was not renewed.
September 19th, they entered Sharpsburg. September 20th,
they marched to Williamsport, driving the enemy back across
the Potomac at that place. September 23d, they marched
to Downsville and went into camp. October 20th, they
marched to Hancock, Maryland, a distance of thirty-two
miles, in twenty-four hours. October 22d, they marched
back to Cherry Run Ford. October 25th and 26th, they
marched back to Downsville. October 30tli and 31st, they
marched to Berlin, Maryland. November 2d, they crossed the
Potomac at that place into Virginia, and arrived November Stli
at New Baltimore, five miles from Warrenton. November
16th, they marched from New Baltimore and arrived, Novem-
ber 18th, at the camp two miles from Stafford Court-house.
This brings the narrative of the regiment up to November
18th, which date is the last containing official information
relating to it. It took part however, in the battle of- Freder-
icksburg, 11th of December, and behaved with its accustomed
gallantry.
The following analysis of the roster does not show so many
changes as some other regiments. Unofficial information has
been received, to the effect that in consequence of an appoint-
ment of a field officer who was not popular with many of the
line officers, several of them resigned and were dismissed the
service. These vacancies have not yet been filled. With
these exceptions, the changes in the roster have been as follows
since the regiment was organised : —
1 Colonel promoted Brigadier-General of Volunteers.
1 Assistant-Surgeon promoted Surgeon ISth Kegiment Mass. Volunteers.
2 Captains killed.
1 Captain promoted Lieutenant-ColoEel.
1 Captain promoted Major.
10 First Lieutenants promoted Captains.
1 First Lieutenant promoted Colonel 37th Regiment Mass. Volunteers.
19 Second Lieutenants promoted First Lieutenants.
1 Second Lieutenant promoted C!aptaim.
1 Second Lieutenant killed.
1 Second Lieutenant died.
24 Second Lieutenants have been taken from the enlisted men.
21 Commissions have been made for this regiment during the year 1862.
128 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
ELEVENTH REGIMENT.
[Jan.
Date of Commis-
NAMES.
I^uk.
sions.
George Clark, Jr., ....
Colonel,
June 13, 1861,
William Blaisdell, .
Lieut. Colonel, .
13, "
George F. Tileston,
Major,
13, "
Luther V. Bell,
Surgeon, .
13, "
John W. Foye,
Assistant-Surgeon, .
13, "
Elisha F. Watson, .
Chaplain, .
13, "
Ira Russell,
Surgeon, .
Aug. 27, "
Brownell Granger, .
First Lieut., (Adj't,) .
June 13, "
J. Frank Lakin,
(Qrm'r,)
13, "
William Blaisdell, .
Colonel,
Oct. 11, "
George F. Tileston,
Lieut. Colonel, .
11, "
Porter D. Tripp,
Major,
11, "
John W. Fove,
Surgeon, .
April 23, 1862,
Alfred G. Williams,
Assistant-Surgeon,
23, "
John A. Douglass, .
a (1
Aug. 1.5, "
Samuel C Whittier,
(( u
29, "
Porter D. Tripp, .
Jjieut. Colonel, .
30, "
James W. McDonald,
Major,
30, "
McLelland Moore, .
Captain, .
June 13, 1861,
John H. Davis,
a
13, "
Porter D. Tripp,
n
13, "
John W. Butters, .
u
13, "
James R. Bigelow, .
u
13, "
Leonard Gordon,
u
13, «
William C. Allen, .
i(
13, "
Selden Page, .
a
13, "
Benjamin F. Wright,
u
13, "
Benjamin Stone, Jr.,
a
13, "
James W. McDonald,
u
Sept. 14, "
Alonzo Coy, .
u
Oct. 11, "
Edwin Humphrey, .
u
11, "
Luther Dame, .
u
12, «
John F. Devereux, .
u
Dec. 21, «
John C. Robertson, .
a
May 16, 1862,
Walter N. Smith, .
u
16, «
Albert M. Gammell,
tt
Aug. 30, "
William V. Munroe,
((
Sept. 11, "
Charles H. Colburn,
u
July 3, «
Thomas G. Bowden,
First Lieutenant,
June 13, 1861,
Melzar Dunbar,
u
13, "
Alonzo Coy, .
li
13, «
Malcom Graham, .
a
13, "
William A. Clark, .
Ll
13, "
James W. McDonald,
u
13, "
Edwin Humphrey, .
a
13, "
Charles II. Colburn,
u
13, "
John C. Robei'tson, .
(I
13, "
William V. Munroe,
(i
13, ''
John II. Wliitten, .
Li.
July 21, "
William E. Farwell,
n
Sept. 10, "
18G3.]
HOUSE— No. 3.
ELEVENTH REGIMENT.
129
Residence.
Discharged.
Dorchester,
Boston,
Somerville,
Boston,
Natick,
Boston,
Athol,
Waltham,
Boston,
Woburn,
Boston,
Leominster,
Charlestown,
Dorchester,
Woburn, .
Boston, .
Hingham,
Newburyport,
Salem,
Charlestown,
Lowell, .
Charlestown,
Dorchester,
Boston, .
Woburn, .
Hingham,
Boston, .
Charlestown,
Dorchester,
Boston, .
Oct. 11, 1861.
Dec. 12, 1861.
Aug. 8, 1862.
Oct. 8, 1861,
May 15, 1862.
Se*pt.l3, 1861.
July 2, 1862,
Nov. 28, 1861.
May 15, 1862.
Sept. 7, 1861.
Jan. 16, 1862.
Sept. 6, 1861.
Mar. 6, 1862.
Sept. 11, "
Promoted Colonel, Oct. 11, 1861.
u u a
" Brigade Surgeon, deceased.
" Surgeon, April 23, 1862.
App'd Brigade Surgeon, April 21, '62.
" Capt. and Assist. Commissary U. S.
Killed at battle, Bull Run, Aug. 29, '62.
Promoted Lieut. Col., Aug. 30, 1862.
Promoted Lieut. Colonel 28th Regt.
Promoted Major, Oct. 11, 1861.
Disch'd. Sp. Order 285, War Dep't, '62.
Died at Emory Hosp., Wash'n, Sept. 10, '62.
Promoted Major, Aug. 30, 1862.
Declined. Commission returned.
Killed at battle of Bull Run, July 21, '61.
Deceased.
Promoted Captain, Sept. 14, 1861.
" » Oct. 11, "
" " July 3, 1862.
" " May 16, "
" » Sep. 11, "
Dismissed from the service.*
* Special Order No. 234, Clause 13, A. D. 1862, War Departm'fc. Iti-appoiiited, July 3, 1862.
17
130 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
Eleventh Regiment — Continued.
[Jan.
pate of Commis-
sions.
Walter N. Smith, .
Simon P. Currier, .
Timothy Teaffe,
Joseph P. Myers,
William R. Porter, .
Albert M. Gammell,
Frank K. Josselyn, .
John Munu, .
Thomas A. McLellan,
Charles C. Rivers, .
William Teaffe,
Rufus A. White, .
Henry N. Blake,
William E. Farwell,
David A. Granger, .
John H. Whitten, .
Frank Hayes, .
Timothy Teaffe,
Charles H. De Lord,
William E. Farwell,
Simon P. Currier, .
Joseph P. Myers,
George W. Calef, .
Albert M. Gammell,
John T. Swett,
John Munn,
Henry Page, .
Charles C. Rivers, .
Frank K. Josselyn, .
David A. Granger, .
Thomas A. McLellan,
William H. H. Joy,
William H. Roberts,
Rufus A. White, .
William Teaffe,
Alexander McTavish,
Henry N. Blake,
AVilliam B. Morrill, .
William B. Mitchell,
Henry Heath, .
John S. Harris,
William Young,
George Forrest,
Levi S. Russell,
John Glassell, .
First Lieutenant,
Second Lieutenant,
Sept. 12,
14,
Oct. 11,
11,
Jan. 9,
17,
March 7,
May 3,
16,
16,
Aug. 30,
30,
Sept. 11,
July 3,
Aug. 11,
June 13,
13,
13,
13,
13,
13,
13,
13,
13,
13,
Aug. 22,
Sept. 10,
12,
July 21,
Sept. 20,
21,
Oct. 11,
11,
Jan. 17,
9,
March 7,
May 4,
16,
16,
16,
11,
30,
30,
28,
Sept. 11,
1861,
1862,
1861,
1862,
Aug.
1863.]
HOUSE— No. 3.
Eleventh Regiment — Continued.
131
Kesiilcncc.
Discliargcd.
Remarks.
Lowell, .
Bromoted Captain, May 16, 1862.
Boston, .
- -
-
((
Jan. 8, 1862.
_ -
((
Aug. 10, 1862.
- -
«
.
Killed at 2d battle Bull Run, Aug. 29,
'02.
Cliarlestown, .
Tromoted Captain, Aug. 30, 1802.
Lynn,
— —
— _
Boston, .
u
-
Cliarlestown, .
-
— r
Dorchester,
- -
- -
Boston, .
-
-
u
Promoted 1st Lieut., July 21, 1861.
«
Sept. 6, 1861.
-
(C
.
Promoted 1st Lieut., Oct. 11, 1861.
((
Sept. 12, 1861.
-
((
.
Promoted 1st Lieut., Sept. 6, 1861.
«i
.
Sept. 14, "
((
" " Oct. 11, "
(C
Oct. 27, 1862.
_ _
Charlestown, .
Promoted 1st Lieut, Jan. 17, 1862.
Boston, .
Aug. 20, 1861.
_
•
Promoted 1st Lieut., May 3, 1862.
u
Promoted 1st Lieut., May 16, 1862.
Lynn,
.
" " Mar. 7, "
Boston, .
.
Aug. 11, "
u
.
" " May 16, "
({
Jan. 8, 1862.
— —
Lynn,
May 8, "
-
Charlestown, .
Promoted 1st Lieut., Aug. 30, 1862.
Boston, .
.
" " Aug. 30, "
Dorchester,
."
Promoted 1st Lieut., Sept. 11, 1862.
Newton, .
- . _
_ _
Boston, .
-
-
Lowell, .
-
-
Boston, .
.
Promoted 1st Lieut., Dec. 9, 1862.
Lynnfield,
-
-
Boston, .
"
132 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
This regiment took part in the first battle of Bull Run, in
July, 1861. It has seen much service and displayed especial
bravery at the battle of Williamsburg, on the advance of the
army of the Potomac from York town toward Richmond, as
an acknowledgment of which I was directed to convey to Col-
onel Blaisdell your Excellency's congratulations -and to make
known to him that, as a sliglit token of the services of the regi-
ment, a new State color would be prepared and forwarded to
him, which pleasant service I performed by sending Colonel
Blaisdell the following letter : —
Adjutant-General's Office, )
Boston, May 19, 1862. ]"
Colonel Blaisdell, Eleventh JRegiment Massadmsetts Volunteers:
Colonel, — It makes every Massachusetts man feel prouder than ever
of the old Commonwealth, as he reads of the brave deeds of our Massa-
chusetts regiments.
The conduct of the Eleventh Regiment at the battle of Williamsburg
was gallant in the extreme, and His Excellency Governor Andrew
tenders to yourself, your ofiicers and your men, his warmest congratula-
tions and his sincere thanks, for their bravery and good conduct on that
terrible day.
As a small recognition of their valor, His Excellency has ordered a
new regimental fcolor to be made and forwarded to the regiment.
Respectfully yours,
William Schouler, Adjutant- General.
The colors were sent on in July last, and the old ones which
have been borne so bravely in ten hard fought fields, were
returned and are now deposited in the State House.
The Eleventh was organized, May 9th 1861, at Fort Warren,
and sworn into the service of the United States June 13th ;
marched to Camp Cameron June 15th, and was sent forward to
active duty June 21th, where it arrived and encamped at Camp
Sanford, (Washington,) July 3d. On the 14th of July they
went to Alexandria, Virginia, and marched to Bull Run, July
21st, participating in that battle, and returned to Camp Wilson,
Alexandria. August 10th, they encamped near Bladensburg,
Maryland, and marched to Budd's Perry, arriving there October
27th. They were in the first brigade. Hooker's division, and
performed picket duty upon the banks of the Potomac, in front
of the rebel batteries at Ship Point, Virginia, until they em-
barked, April 5th, for the Peninsula. They encamped April 12th,
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3. 133
1862, at Yorktown, where they performed pickot duty and Lihored
ill the trendies. A})ril 20th, tlicy assaulted and captured a robel
lunette. May 4tli, they entered the rebel earthworks, and May
5th were engaged in the battle of Williamsburg. After various
marches they encamped, June 3d, at Fair Oaks, Virginia,
where they performed picket duty and worked upon the entrench-
ments. June 25th, they were engaged in tlie battle of Fair
Oaks. They left Fair Oaks June 29th, and after taking part in
the battles of Savage's Station, June 29th, Glendale, June
30th, and Malvern Hill, July 1st, encamped at Harrison's Land-
ing, where they were employed throwing up earthworks and on
picket duty. August 5th, they were engaged in the second
action at Malvern Hill. They left Harrison's Landing August
15th and marched to Yorktown, where they embarked for
Alexandria, arriving there August 23d. August 26th,' they
encamped at Warrenton Junction. After taking part in the
several actions at Bristow Station, August 27th, and Bull Run,
August 29th and 30th, they arrived, September 3d, at Alexan-
dria, where they were employed upon the defences at Washing-
ton. They left camp near Alexandria, November 1st, for War-
renton Junction, arriving and encamping there November 9th,
forming part of a provisional brigade under the command of
Colonel Blaisdell. November 18th, they left Warrenton Junc-
tion and marching through Manassas and Fairfax, encamped
at W^olf's Ford Shoals on the 22d of November. Leaving the
latter place, November 25th5 on the 28th they arrived at Fal-
mouth and went into camp.
The following losses occurred in this regiment in the engage-
ments in which it took part, namely, — Bull Run, July, 21st,
1861; Yorktown, April 26, 1862; Williamsburg, May 5th;
Fair Oaks, June 25th ; Savage's Station, June 29th ; Glendale,
June 30th ; Malvern Hill, July 1st and August 5th ; Bristow
Station August 27th, and Bull Run, August 29th and 30th.
Killed, 30
Died of wounds, 22
Missing, (supposed killed,) .... 109
Missing, ........ 74
Discharged on account of disability, from wounds
received in action, ..... 10
Wounded, . 223— 468
131 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
Losses from other causes —
[Jan.
Discharged, ....
Died of disease in service, .
•Died of disease away from service,
Deserted, .....
Ill
13
9
117
250
Total, 718
They left the State with 1,040 rank and file, and have been
joined by 238 recruits. Considering the number of recruits
furnished this regiment, and the services it has performed, it is
claimed that it now has the largest proportion remaining of
any old regiment in the service.
Officers present for duty, .
Non-commissioned staff present for duty.
Men present for duty.
Men on extra duty, .
Men sick, .....
Officers sick, ....
Total present, .
Officers absent on detached service,
Men absent on detached service,
Men absent without leave, .
Men absent sick, (chiefly wounded,)
Officers absent sick, .
Men absent in confinement,
Total
27
4
425
58
24
1
3
64
2
127
1
2
539
199
738
One Lieatenant-Colonel, one Captain and two First Lieuten-
ants have been killed, and one Colonel, one Captain and three
First Lieutenants have recovered from wounds received in
action. Nineteen enlisted men have been promoted to be com-
missioned officers. One Captain lias been promoted to be Lieu-
tenant-Colonel of another regiment, and one First Lieutenant
has been made Commissary of Subsistence, with the rank of
Captain. Two Surgeons have been promoted to be Brigade-
Surercons.
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3. 135
Piiring tlio time this regiment has been in the service, it has
marclicd on foot more than 600 miles. During the month of
November it has marched over 150 miles ; and upon one occasion,
it marched over 45 miles and took part in an engagement,
within the space of twenty-four hours.
The following is an abstract of the roster : —
1 Lieutenant-Colonel promoted Colonel.
2 Majors promoted Lieutenant-Colonels.
2 Surgeons promoted Brigade-Surgeons.
1 Assistant-Surgeon promoted Surgeon.
1 Lieutenant-Colonel killed at the battle of Bull Run, August 29, 1862.
1 Captain promoted Lieutenant-Colonel 28th Eegiment Massachusetts Vol-
unteers.
2 Captains promoted Majors.
1 Captain discharged the service of the United States by order of the War
Department.
1 Captain died of wounds.
1 First Lieutenant killed at the battle of Bull Run, July 21, 1861.
1 First Lieutenant killed at the battle of Bull Run, August 29, 1862.
1 First Lieutenant died.
7 First Lieutenants promoted Captains.
15 Second Lieutenants promoted First Lieutenants.
2 Captains, 1 Second Lieutenant, taken from civil life.
19 Second Lieutenants have been taken from enlisted men.
34 Commissions have been made for this regiment during the year 1862.
13G ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
TWELFTH REGIMENT.
[Jan.
NAMES.
Rank.
Date of Commis-
sions.
Fletcher AVehster, ....
Colonel, .
June 26, 1861,
Timothv M. Bryan, Jr., .
Lieut. Colonel. .
26, "
Elisha M. Rurbank,
Major,
26, "
Jedodiah II. Baxter,
Surgeon, .
26, "
John Mc'Lean Ilayward,
Assistant-Surgeon,
26, "
Edward L. Clark, .
Chaplain, .
26, "
Thomas P. Ilaviland,
First Lieut, (Adj't,) .
26, "
David Wood, .
(Qrm'r,)
26, »
John LIcLean Hayward,
Surgeon, .
April 29, 1862,
Albert A. Kendall, .
Assistant-Surgeon,
29, "
John H. McGregor,
u u
Aug. 13, "
Israel Washburn, .
Chaplain, .
Sept. 1, "
James L. Bates,
Colonel, .
9, "
David Allen, Jr.,
Lieut. Colonel, .
Oct. 8, "
Ira M. Perry, .
Assistaut-Surgeon,
Dec. 1, "
Daniel G. Handy, .
Major,
Nov. 30, "
Charles A. Wheeler,
Assistant-Surgeon,
Dec. 17, "
Richard H. Kimball,
Captain, .
June 26, 1861,
George W. Murch, .
u
26, "
Daniel G. Handy, .
"
26, "
Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, Ji
'•1
"
26, "
Edward C. Saltmarsh,
((
26, "
Alexander Hichborn,
"
26, "
Ira Blanchard,
"
26, "
James L. Bates,
li
26, "
John Ripley, .
n
26, "
David Allen, Jr., .
"
26, "
Alpheus K. Plarmon,
"
May 10, 1862,
Benjamin F. Cook, .
"
2, "
Edward P. Reed, .
"
June 25, "
Charles T. Packard,
u
Aug. 20, "
J. Otis Williams, .
"
Oct. 8, "
Charles W. Hastings,
"
Aug. 10, "
Erastus L. Clark, .
"
Sept. 9, "
Edwin Hazel, .
"
1, "
Francis B. Pratt, .
a
Nov. 30, "
Andrew J. Garey, .
" . . .
Dec. 21, "
William G. White, .
First Lieutenant,
June 26, 1861,
Frederic R. Shattuck,
u a
26, "
Edward T. Pearce, .
" "
26, "
J. Otis Williams, .
(( ((
26, "
George H. Davis, .
" "
26, »
Alpheus K. Harmon,
" "
26, "
Edward P. Reed, .
" "
26, "
Charles W. Hastings,
" "
26, "
Chester Clark,
" "
26, "
Benjamin F. Cook, .
" "
26, "
Samuel Apple ton, .
" "
Dec. 19, "
Loring W. Muzzey,
" "
May 17, 1862,
Oilman Saunders, .
" "
9 »
"J
Arthur Dehon,
" "
13, "
Warren Thompson, .
,
" "
June 24, "
1863.]
HOUSE— No. 3.
TWELFTH REGIMENT.
137
Bcsldence.
Discharged.
Marshfield,
Newton, .
Wobiirn, .
Boston, .
Andover, .
Newton, .
Boston, .
Newton, .
Boston, .
N. Bridgewater,
Weymouth,
Gloucester,
Canton, .
Boston, .
W. Boylston,
Boston, .
N. Bridgewater,
Abington,
Weymouth,
Stoughton,
Gloucester,
N. Bridgewa'r,
Gloucester,
Abington,
N. Bridgewa'r,
Boston,
Weymouth,
Lynn,
Gloucester,
Weymouth,
Boston, .
Gloucester,
Boston, .
N. Bridgewa'r,
Abington,
Weymouth,
Stoughton,
Gloucester,
Boston, .
Lexington,
Gloucester,
Boston, .
Stoughton,
Oct. 7
1862.
May 16, 1862.
May 1, 1862,
13, "
June 24, "
July 6, 1862.
Dec. 18, 1861.
June 23, 1862.
Sept. 10, 1862.
Killed in battle, Aug. 30, 1802.
Died Nov. 29, 1862.
Promoted Brigade-Surgeon, April 17, 1862.
" Surgeon, April 29, 1862.
Resigned.
Killed in battle, Sept. 17, 1862.
Declined to receive Commission.
Killed in battle, Aug. 80, 1862.
Resigned.
Promoted Major, Nov. 30, 1862.
Killed in battle.
Commissioned 2d Lieut. U. S. M. Corps,
[June 14, 1862.
Major 33d, Aug. 5, '62, Col. 12th, Sep. 9, '62.
Died of wounds received in battle.
Promoted Lieut. Col., Oct. 8, 1862.
Died of wounds Sept. 17, 1862.
Promoted Captain, Oct. 8, 1862.
Promoted Captain, May 10, 1862.
" " June 25, "
" " Aug. 10, "
Promoted Captain, May 2, 1862.
Killed at Fredericksburg, Dec. 13, 1862.
Dismissed Jan. 5, 1863, as 2d Lieut. Restored to his com-
mand Jan. 24, '63, by Special Orders War Department.
18
138 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
Twelfth Regiment — Continued.
[Jan.
Date of Commis-
sions.
L3-sander F. Cashing,
Franc-is B. Pratt, .
Edwin Hazel, .
Francis Thomas,
Andrew J. Garey, .
Charles G. Russell, .
John H. Russell,
John S. Stoddard, .
Calvin Walker,
Charles C. Wehrun,
George H. French, .
Georcje W. Orne, .
Chartes T. Packard,
Harlan P. Bennett, .
George B. Drake, .
ISamuel Appleton, .
Hiram W. Copeland, .
Lysander F. Gushing,
Francis B. Pratt,
AVarren Thompson,
Gilman Saunders, .
Charles G. Russell, .
Erastus L. Clark, .
Arthur Dehon,
John S. Stoddard, .
Edwin Plazel, .
Jonathan B. Whitman,
Marcus M. Loud,
Andrew J. Garey, .
Charles C. Wehrun,
John H. Russell,
Francis Thomas,
James B. Sampson, .
George PI. French, .
Calvin Walker,
Edward J. Kidder, .
Royal M. Mason, . ,
Moses N. Arnold, .
George E. Muzzey,
W^illiam Robinson, .
First Lieutenant,
Second Lieutenant,
June
25,
July
Sept.
7,
18,
n,
Aug.
11,
Sept.
Oct.
18,
8,
Dec.
14,
Sept.
Nov.
1,
30,
Dec.
21,
June
26,
26,
26,
26,
26,
26,
26,
26,
26,
26,
Sept.
Dec.
6,
19,
Jan.
16,
May
13,
3,
June
24,
25,
Oct.
3,
Aug.
21,
July
Sept.
8,
9,
18,
11,
Aug.
11,
Sept.
Oct.
18,
8,
Sept.
Oct.
1,
9,
Dec.
14,
1862,
1861,
1862,
This regiment was organized at Fort Warren by Colonel
Fletcher Webster, a brave and generous gentleman, who fell in
the battle of Bull Run, August 30th, 1862. His body was
brought home, and is buried in the grave by the side of his
illustrious father, at Marshfield. It was remarked by Major-
General Banks, in whose command the regiment was for seve-
ral months, that Colonel Webster's death, was the embodiment
of the peroration of his father's great speech in the United
States Senate, on Foote's resolutions, which closes with the
1863.]
HOUSE— No. 3.
Twelfth Rpfjiment — ContinuRcl.
139
Abington,
Weymouth,
Gloucester,
Weymouth,
Boston, .
N. Bridgewatei
Jiimerick, Me.,
Cambridce,
Nashua, JST. H.,
Boston, .
N. Bridgewa'r
Boston,
N. Bridgewa'r,
Abington,
Weymouth,
Stoughton,
Gloucester,
Boston, .
Lynn,
Boston, .
N. Bridgewa'r,
Gloucester,
Abington,
Weymouth,
Cambridge,
iaoston,
Weymouth,
N. Bridgewa'r,
Nashua, N. H.,
Limerick, Me.,
Boston, .
Stoughton,
Charlestown,
Discliaryed.
Koinarks.
Killed in battle, Sept. 17, 1S62.
Pi'omoted Captain, Sept. 1, 18G2.
Promoted Captain, Dec. 1, 18G2.
Died of wounds received in battle.
Promoted Captain, Aug. 20, 1862.
App'ted 2d Lieut., 6th Infantry, U. S. A.
Promoted 1st Lieut., Dee. 19, 1861.
Promoted 1st Lieut, June 2.5, 1862.
July 7,
" " June 24,
" " May 2,
" Sept. 18,
" Captain, Sept. 9,
" 1st Lieut., May 13,
Dec. 14,
Sept. 18,
Promoted 1st Lieut., Auo;. 11, 1862.
" Nov. 30, " •
Oct. 8, "
" Sept. 11, "
Promoted 1st Lieut., Dee. 21, 1862.
Sept. 1, «
memorable words, "Liberty and Union, now and forever,
ONE AND INSEPARABLE."
Companies A, B, 0, D and E of this regiment were recruited
in Boston, company F in North Bridgewater, company G in
Abington, company H in Weymouth, company I in Stoughton
and company K in Gloucester. The regiment was mustered
into the service of the United States, numbering 1,040, on
the 26th of June, 1861, at Fort Warren, Boston. On the 23d
of July they left Boston ; arrived at Sandy Hook, Md., on
140 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
the 27th, and went into camp. They marched twenty-one
miles to the Monocacy River and encamped, remaining there
several days. From that place they marched to Hyattstown, a
distance of six miles ; to Darnestown, eighteen miles ; to
Muddy Branch, seven miles ; to Edwards' Ferry, fifteen miles ;
and to Seneca Mills, via Foolesville, fifteen miles. They went
into winter quarters at Frederick, Md., having arrived through
Darnestown and Barnesville, thirty miles. Upon tlie 27th
of February, 1862, they broke camp at Frederick and went
into camp at Shenandoah City, Ya., distant twenty-five
miles from Frederick. March 1st, they went to Charlestown,
Ya., via Bolivar Heights, a distance of seven miles. They
left Charlestown, March 10th, for Winchester, via Berry ville,
twenty-four miles. Marched from Winchester to Snicker's
Gap, via Berryville, on the 21st of March, eighteen miles.
March 23d, they went to Aldie, distant eighteen miles. They
returned to Snicker's Gap on the 24th, from whence they
marched to Goose Creek, eleven miles. On the 28th they left
for Cub Run, and on the 29th marched to Bull Run, five miles.
They were almost continually on the march from place to place,
through the Shenandoah Yalley, between the 1st of April and
August 1st, seldom remaining long in one camp. August
9th, they were engaged in the battle of Cedar Mountain, in
whicl* they lost Captain N. B. Shurtleff, Jr., killed, and 10 men
wounded. After this they made several marches and counter-
marches, and on the 20th of August were engaged in the battle
of the Rappahannock, in which they suffered no loss. From
this to the 30th they were almost constantly on the march, and
on the day last mentioned, in an engagement at Grovetown,
near Bull Run, Colonel Webster, Captain Kimball and 10 men
were killed, and 135 men wounded and missing.
After this the regiment retreated to Centreville, arriving
there the next day. On the 14lh of September they marched
to South Mountain and were engaged in that battle, in which
their loss was 1 man killed and 5 wounded. From that
place they went to Keedysville and on the afternoon of the
IGth formed in line of battle and bivouacked for the night.
They engaged the enemy at five the next morning, but were
ordered to leave the field at nine, A. M., and withdrew in
good order. They went into this fight with 325 men and lost
47 men killed and 166 wounded, several of whom subsequently
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3. 141
died of their wounds. On leaving the field, bringing off their
regimental colors, 4 officers and 32 men, they volunteered to
suppqrt a battery, after whicli they rejoined their brigade and
participated in the pursuit of the flying enemy, who withdrew
across the river. The regiment was at this time under com-
mand of Captain B. F. Cook, of Company E. On the 28d of
September, Colonel James L. Bates took command of this
regiment. From tliis until November 10th they were mostly
on the inarch in Maryland and Virginia, and arrived at the
Rappahannock Station, November 8th, near which they en-
camped.
At the battle of Fredericksburg, fought on tlie 13th of
December, 1862, the Twelfth Regiment was in General Gib-
bon's division. The division was formed in three brigade
lines, and the third, commanded by General Taylor, had the
advance, the Thirteenth Massachusetts Regiment acting as
skirmishers for the division. Colonel Lyle's brigade, composed
of the Twelfth Regiment, the Twenty-Sixth New York, Nine-
tieth and One Hundred and Thirty-Sixth Pennsylvania Volun-
teers, formed the second line, this regiment having the right.
The third line was Colonel Root's brigade, the Sixteenth Maine
having the right. The position of this regiment was taken at
nine o'clock. A, M. Tlie enemy were hidden from view by a
thick wood. Our men remained lying down until one o'clock,
P. M., under a brisk fire of shot and shell, the skirmishers
being hotly engaged and the balls of the enemy passing over us.
During these four hours there was but one man of this regi-
ment injured. At one o'clock the signal to advance was given
to the whole division and immediately obeyed. A heavy fire
of musketry broke from the whole line of woods in our front.
General Taylor's brigade stood the fire some thirty minutes,
when the brigade, in which was this regiment, was ordered to
relieve them. As they advanced they became separated from
the brigade by the retiring regiments of the third brigade, and
continued to advance independently, taking a position and
firing until their ammunition began to fail. Their brigade
had fallen to the rear, and they were alone until the third line
came forward. Their solid ranks broke the right of this line,
which opened to the right and left to get to the front, where it
was quickly formed. The Twelfth Regiment followed the one
in their front, the Sixteenth Maine, a short distance, and being
142 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
out of ammunition, were about to join their brigade in the
rear, when they were ordered by General Taylor to prepare
for a charge. The Colonel thereupon gave the command to fix
bayonets and filed to the right of the brigade and charged witli
them into the wood in their front. About 200 of the enemy
rushed through our lines and gave themselves up as prisoners
of war. We carried the position and remained some twenty
minutes, expecting support ; but none was in sight, and tlie
men were constantly falling before the fatal fire of an unseen
enemy. Captains Ripley, Reed, Packard and Clark were
wounded, and a hundred of tlie men had fallen. After con-
sulting with the officers, tlie Colonel gave the order to about
face, and they fell back slowly and reluctantly, in very good
order, bearing their tattered banners with them, to their
brigade. After reaching the position to which they were
ordered to fall back, they were supplied with ammunition and
rations. They remained under arms during the night, and
early on the morning of the 14th were ordered to another
position, where they remained until the night of the IStli,
when they recrossed the river to Falmouth with their corps.
During the battle the Twelfth was under fire six hours, and
their loss was chiefly sustained during the last two liours.
During that time they had 5 officers wounded, and 15 men
killed, 87 wounded and 3 missing ; making an aggregate of
105, out of 258 with which they went into the fight.
Since taking the field the losses in this regiment are as
follows : —
Cedar Mountain, . . . . . .11
Tlioroughfare Gap, ...... 2
Groveton, (Bull Run,) ..... 138
Antietam, ........ 213
Fredericksburg, 105 469
The casualties among officers are as follows: — Killed, 1 Col
onel, 1 Major, 2 Captains, 4 Lieutenants, 1 Surgeon ; total, 9.
Wounded, 10 Captains, 5 Lieutenants ; total, 15. Aggregate, 24.
The following are the changes made in the roster since the
regiment was formed : —
1 Colonel killed in battle, August 30, 1862.
1 Major (lied November 29, 18G2, of wounds received in battle of Antietam.
18G3.] HOUSE— No. 3. 143
1 Surgeon promoted Brigade-Surgeon.
1 Assistant-Surgeon promoted Surgeon.
1 Assistant-Surgeon killed in battle, September 17, 1802.
2 Captains killed in battle.
1 Captain promoted Colonel.
1 Captain promoted Lieutenant-Colonel.
1 Captain promoted Major.
1 Captain appointed|,Second Lieutenant Marine Corps.
2 First Lieutenants killed in battle.
1 First Lieutenant died of wounds.
8 First Lieutenants promoted Captains.
2 Second Lieutenants promoted Captains.
1 Second Lieutenant promoted Second Lieutenant Sixth Infantry, U. S. A.
16 Second Lieutenants promoted FirS: Lieutenants.
18 Second Lieutenants taken from the enlisted men.
2 First Lieutenants, 1 Second Lieutenant, from civilians. .
52 Commissions have been made for this regiment during the year 1862.
Head-Quarters Abercrombie's Div., >
November 15, 1862. ^
Governor, — Your letter of November 7th has been received. In reply,
I would state that four regiments of Massachusetts Volunteers have been
under my command, viz. : —
Second Massachusetts, Colonel Gordon, attached to my Brigade from July,
1861, until March, 1862.
Twelfth Massachusetts, Colonel Webster, from July 28th, 1861, until
May 1st, 1862.
Thirteenth Massachusetts, Colonel Leonard, from March, 1862, until May
1st, 1802.
Fortieth Massachusetts, Colonel Porter, has been attached to my Division
since September 6th, 1862.
None of these regiments have been engaged in action while under my com-
mand with the exception of the Twelfth Massachusetts Volunteers, which,
in connection with other regiments of my command, drove the rebels from the
south bank of the Rappahannock in the month of April, 1862. All of these
regiments were distinguished for excellence in drill and deportment, and have
been among the best troops I have had the honor to command.
The regiments from your State have always arrived well armed, clothed
and equipped ; and better supplied with camp and garrison equipage than
those from almost any other State. The officers have, with few exceptions,
been gentlemen of soldierly qualities, and well calculated to do credit to the
State. As none of these troops have been In action with me, I can mention no
officers and men, with the exception of my Aid, Lieut. Appleton, Twelfth
Massachusetts, who was conspicuous for gallantry on the Peninsula, more
especially at Malvern Hill. I have the honor to be.
Your Excellency's obedient servant,
J. J. Abercrombie, Brigadier-General, Casey's Division.
144 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
THIRTE-ENTH REGIMENT.
[Jan.
Date of Commis-
NAMES.
Rank.
Eions.
Samuel H. Leonard,
Colonel,
July
16, 1861,
N. Walter Batchelder, .
Lieut. Colonel, .
16, "
Jacob Parker Gould,
Major,
16, "
Allston ^y. Wliltney,
Surgeon, .
16, "
J. Theodore Heard,
Assistant-Surgeon,
16, "
Noah M. Gaylord, .
Chaplain, .
17, "
David H. Bradlee, .
First Lieut., (Adj't,) .
16, «
George E. Craijr,
" (Qrm'r,)
16, «
William W. Claflin,
Assistant-Surgeon,
April 29, 1862,
James L. Harriman,
u u
July
31, "
James A. Fox,
captain, .
July
16, 1861,
Joseph S. Carey,
a
16, "
John Kurtz, .
u
16, «
Augustine Harlow, .
a
16, »
Charles R. M. Pratt,
*u
16, "
Henrv Whitcomb, .
u
16, «
Eben AV. Fiske, .
(4
16, "
William L. Clark, .
1,1
16, "
Charles H. R. Sereiber,
U
16, "
William P. Blackmer,
u
16, «
William H. Jackson,
((
Sept.
25, «
Charles H. Hovey, .
u
Nov.
6, "
John G. Hovey,
1(
.Jan.
31, 1862,
Samuel N. Neat,
u
June
28, "
Elliot C. Pierce,
u
July
25, "
Moses P. Palmer, .
u
Aug.
15, "
Abel PI. Pope,
li
Nov.
29, "
William H. Gary, .
a
Dec.
30, "
Samuel N. Neat,
First Lieutenant,
July
16, 1861,
John G. Hovey,
u u
16, "
William H. Jackson,
" "
16, "
Charles H. Hovey, .
" "
16, "
Joseph Colburn,
a a
16, "
Abel II. Pope,
" "
16, "
Loring S. Richardson,
" "
16, "
Perry D. Chamberlain,
11 11
16, -
Moses P. Palmer, .
" "
16, "
William B. Bacon, .
" "
16, "
John W. Sanderson,
11 11
Oct.
16, "
Elliot C. Pierce,
11 (1
Jan.
16, 1862,
(ieorge Bush, .
11 11
31, "
William H. Gary, .
11 11
Feb.
7, "
^Augustine N. Sampson,
U 11
June
28, "
David L. Brown,
11 11
July
25, "
Charles F. Morse, .
" "
23, "
John II. Foley,
11 11
26, »
Charles B. Fo.k,
U 11
Aug.
16, "
IVIelvin S. Smith,
11 11
Nov.
5, "
Thomas J Little,
" "
29, "
Oliver C. Livermore,
11 11
Dee.
30, "
George Bush, .
Second Lieuten
ant, .
July
16, 1861,
1863.]
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THIRTEENTH REGIMENT.
145
Boston, .
Stoneham,
Boston, .
Marlborough,
Boston, .
Roxbury,
Marlborough,
Stoneham,
Boston, .
Westborough,
Boston, .
Weymouth,
Marlborough,
a
Boston, .
Roxbury,
Marlborough,
Stoneham,
Natick, .
Marlborough,
Worcester,
Westborough,
Weymouth,
Boston, .
Marlborough,
u
Stoneham,
Boston, .
Discharged.
Dec. 1, 1862.
Aug. 14, 1862.
Jan. 30, 1862.
Nov. 28,
Dec. 29,
July 24,
April 1,
Nov. 5, 1861.
Promoted Brigade-Surgeon.
Jan. 9, 1863.
Feb. 6, 1862.
July 25, 186*2.
09 "
Nov. 4, 1862.
Lieut. Colonel 23d Reg't, Sept. 25, 1861.
App'd Major in 1st Reg't Maryland Cav'y.
Promoted Captain, June 28, 1862.
" " Jan. 31, "
Sept. 25, 1861.
" Nov. 6, "
Promoted Captain, Nov. 29, 1862.
Promoted Captain, Aug. 15, 1862.
Promoted Captain, July 25, 1862.
Promoted Captain, Dec. 30, 1862.
1st Lieut, in 2d Reg't Cavalry, Jan. 13, '62.
Promoted 1st Lieut., Jan. 31, 1861.
19
146 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
Thirteenth Regiment — Continued.
[Jan.
NAMES.
Date of Commis-
sions.
Auqustine N. Sampson,
Walter H. Judson,
William II. Carey,
Edwin R. Frost,
Charles F. IMorse,
John Foley,
Francis Jenks,
David L. Brown,
Charles B. Fox,
Melvin S. Smith,
Thomas J. Little,
William B. Kimball,
Oliver C. Livermore,
Oscar F. Morse,
]\Iorton Tower,
Jacob A. Howe,
David Whiston,
Calvin H. Carter,
Thomas R. Wells,
Charles W. AVhitcomb,
Henry M. Washburn,
Samuel C. Whitney,
Second Lieutenant,
July
Feb.
Mar.
May
June
July
Aug.
Nov.
Dec.
16, 1861,
16, "
16, "
16, "
16, "
16, "
16, »
16, "
16, "
27, 1862,
15, "
25, "
28, "
25, "
23, "
23', "
26, "
16, "
5, "
29, "
23, "
30, "
The nucleus of this regiment was the Fourth Battalion of
Rifles, M. V. M., which was recruited to a regiment at Fort
Independence. It was ordered to Washington, July 30, 1861.
I have received no answer from Colonel Leonard to my
circular letter of October last ; but from this regiment we have
received monthly reports with great regularity, from which,
and other documents in this office, I have been able to make a
narrative of its services, which is accurate as far as it goes.
From the time it left Massachusetts until the spring of 1862,
it was on patrol and outpost duty, on the upper Potomac in
Maryland. Tlie following facts I gather from its monthly
reports.
By monthly report of January, 1862, dated at Williamsport,
Md., February 3d, this regiment was shown to be in a very
healthy condition. Huts had been built on their camping-
ground, which had been occupied by them for two months.
December 31st, 1861. Companies A, B, E and II were
then at Hancock, Md., and in accordance with orders from
head-quarters and General Kelly, in command of the De4)art-
1803.]
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Thirteenth Refjinient — Continued.
147
Besldence.
Discharged.
Remarks.
Boston, .
Promoted 1st Lieut, June 28, 1862.
u
Dismissed the service, Nov. 22, "
Boston, .
Promoted 1st Lieut., Feb. 7, 1862.
lloxbuiy,
July 22, 1862.
-
Marlborough, .
Promoted 1st Lieut., July 23, 1862.
Stoiieham,
u u u 26, "
Natick, .
April 30, 1862.
-
]\Iarl borough, .
Promoted 1st Lieut., July 25, 1862.
Boston, .
.
" » Aug. 16, "
u
a
Nov. 5, "
" " " 29, "
Westborough, .
— _
_ _
Boston, .
- -
Promoted 1st Lieut., Dee. 30, 1862.
Natick, .
_ -
_ _
Randolph,
-
-
Boston, .
-
-
Berlin,
I I
I I
Boston, .
_ _
_ _
Brookline,N.H.
_ —
_ _
Boston, .
_ _
_ _
Stoneham,
- -
- -
ment of Cumberland and Harper's Ferry, left in command of
Captain J. A. Fox of Company A, for head-quarters, arrived
January 2, 1862, at Williamsport, Md., about nine, P. M.,
and returned to camp. They came by Chesapeake and Ohio
Canal.
January 5thj 1862. Companies C, D, I and K were ordered
to march to Hancock, Md., and assist in repelling a rebel force
at that point ; were ordered to report to Brigadier-General Lan-
der. They left camp at three, P. M., and arrived at their desti-
nation by a forced march during a heavy fall of snow, at half-
past one, A. M., January 6, 1862. The distance is twenty-six
miles. No action took place, the rebels having retired, after
accomplishing their object, viz. : the destruction of some miles
of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad track, recently rebuilt by
General Kelly's command. Those companies left Hancock for
Williamsport, Md., Camp Jackson, January 30th, 1862, at half-
past one, P. M., reached Clear Spring at nine, P. M., quartered
in an old church during the night, and marched again at ten,
A. ]\j[., arriving at two, P. M., in camp. The regiment had
148 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT. [J<in.
been in camp through a " muddy month,"' and several alarms
had called them to arms. No serious deuioustratioii except
alarms from Hancock. " Bayonet exoi'cise," and drill in the
"manual of arms" had been instituted in place of " battalion
drills," which were impracticable, owing to the muddy state of
roads and grounds adjoining camp.
By monthly report of February, 1862, dated at Martinsburg,
Va., March 3d, 1862:—
The regiment was encamped on the same ground as in
January at Williamsport, Md. ; Company B was used as town
guard, and for political prisoners ; Company D was on duty
at Hagerstown, as guard, from February 9th to February
27th, 1862, having relieved Captain Welsh's* company of the
Maryland Home Guard ; Company G was sent to picket from
Oppican Creek and Falling Waters towards Williamsport,
Md., about eight miles, relieving Captain Kern's company,
First Virginia Volunteers, (Lancers,) and a detachment of
Company F, in command of Lieutenant Pope ; they returned to
camp, February 23d, 1862. The regiment was under marching
orders, February 24th, 1862, with five days rations and two
cooked, which was subsequently countermauded ; and February
28th, again under inarching orders with the same quantity of
rations to move at eight, A. M.
By monthly report of March, dated at Warrenton Junction,
Va., April 5th, 1862 :—
March 1st, 1862, twelve, M. In obedience to telegraphic
order of Major-General Banks, left camp and crossed the Poto-
mac River. Marched to Martinsburg, Va., arriving at one,
A. M. ; 2d, quartered in buildings; 6th, left Martinsburg,
and marched to Bunker Hill ; arrived at four, P. M. — quar-
tered in church and old buildings — ^joined General Hamilton's
brigade; 11th, left Bunker Hill; encamped on ground near
Winchester, without tents, four miles from W. ; 12th, entered
W. without opposition ; ordered to assume duties of provost
guard ; 20th, relieved from said duties, and transferred to
General Abercrombie's brigade ; marched about two miles
from town, and encamped ; 21st, marched to Berryville,
Va. ; 22d, marched to Blue Ridge ; 23d, from Blue Ridge
to Aldie ; 24th, from Aldie back to» Blue Ridge ; 25th,
crossed Shenandoah River, proceeding toward Winchester to
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3. 149
reinforce General Banks ; rcccivinf^ information tliat no rein-
forcements wci'C needed, retraced our steps, and encamped in
Blue Ridge for the third time ; 26th, from Blue Ridge to Goose
Creek ; 27th, from Goose Creek to Middlebury and back ;
28tli, from Goose Creek to Bull Run, via Centreville,
bivouacking, the night of 28th, on turnpike ; 30th and
31st, were quartered in rebel tents at Bull Run ; the whole
distance marched for the month was one hundred and forty-
two (142) miles.
Monthly report for April, 1862, dated at Warrenton Junc-
tion, Va., May 2d, 1862 :—
April 1st, 1862, the regiment was encamped at Manassas
Junction ; April 2d, marched via railroad track to Warrenton
Junction, with the exception of Company A ; Lieutenant Neat,
Company A, detailed as provost marshal, and his command for
guard duty, arrived at Warrenton Junction four, P. M., same
day, roads in bad condition ; tents and stores did not arrive
until three, P. M., third day ; from 3d inst. to May 18th, did
guard and picket duty on Orange and Alexandria Railroad ;
April 17th, Company A relieved from duty at Manassas, and
rejoined the regiment ; notwithstanding the bad weather and
wet grounds, the regiment was in a very healthy condition.
Monthly report for May, dated near Front Royal, Va., June
6th, 1862 :—
General Abercrombie relieved from duty, and General
Hartsuff assumed command of the brigade to which this regi-
ment was attached. May 5th, encamped on East bank of
Cedar Creek, near Catlett's Station, Va., named " Camp Stan-
ton ;" 12th, marched towards Fredericksburg, Va., seven
miles ; 13th, continued march ; halted at dusk, fifteen miles ;
14th, marched to Falmouth, eight miles, and encamped ;
17th, changed camp to eastward, and there remained, with
occasional marches with loaded knapsacks, all the time until
25th, under heavy marching order ; 25th, marched to Acquia
Creek, Va., distance fifteen miles; 26th, to Alexandria, Va.,
about forty-two miles, by transport " John Brooks ; " 27th,
by railroad, (Orange and Alexandria,) to Manassas Junction,
distance twenty-seven miles ; 29th, from Manassas to Hay-
market, ten miles, thence by rail to Thoroughfare Gap, six
miles; encamped on west side; 30th, to Rectortown, Va.,
150 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
twelve miles ; 31st,^ to railroad station, and from there, in
light marching order, to Front Royal, Va.
In a letter from Colonel Leonard, dated June 8th, 1862,
accompanying this report, he says : '' The unprecedented
number of ' absent sick,' (94) is owing to the heavy marches
over the ridges of Manassas and the Blue Mountains and with-
out any shelter for the men except their rubber blankets, and
not having been accustomed to it. Two days' rest, with regular
rations, have improved us very much. The want of proper food,
living for a week on hard bread and coffee only, has affected the
officers as well as enlisted men." He says : " I regret to
report the loss by drowning, June 6th, of John Thomas Fuller,
Company B, and Charles B. Cushing, of Company C, who were
pioneers, and attempted to cross the Fork of the Shenandoah in
a skiff. The bridge had washed away after we succeeded in
crossing the night previous. We march to-morrow (June 9th)
for Warrenton,Va., about thirty-seven miles south. Hartsuff's
(our) brigade has the advance."
Monthly report for June, dated at Manassas, Ya., July 1,
1862:—
June 1, 1862. Were bivouacked about two miles from Front
Royal, Ya. Marched to Strasburg, distance three miles ;
rained hard all day ; the men were without knapsacks or shel-
ter, having previously left them at Piedmont ; 2d, continued
march, still raining hard ; 4th, returned to Front Royal. It
was at this time the bridge was carried away and the two men
drowned, spoken of in the letter accompanying the May report.
Remained in camp at Front Royal until 17th, then took cars for
Manassas, where remained to date.
Monthly report for July, dated near Warrenton, Ya., August
1,1862:—
July 4th. By order of Major-General McDowell, moved
towards Warrenton, Ya. Halted at five, P. M., about one mile
beyond Gainesville, and bivouacked. Resumed march on 5th.
Moved camp on 25th iji northerly direction, about one mile.
Distance marched this month twenty-nine miles.
Monthly report for August, dated at Sharpsburg, Md. : —
Books and regimental documents were not accessible until
our arrival at Hall's Hill, Ya., September 6th, and in the
absence of many officers it was difficult to get correct returns.
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Monthly report for September, dated near Sharpsburg, Md.,
October 12th :—
About 532 men were reported absent, most of whom were
sick and absent with leave, and a large number paroled prison-
ers, or absent wounded. There were only about 360 men fit
for duty.
Monthly report for October, dated " In the field," November
2,1862:—
From October 1st, until the 26th, were encamped at Sharps-
burg, Md. ; 26th, struck camp at quarter to five, P. M. ;
passed throftgh the South Mountains, and bivouacked one
night ; 27th, marched to Berkettsville and encamped ; 28th, to
Berlin ; 30th, crossed the Potomac, and marched to camp near
Lovettsville, Va.
Monthly report for Novemher, dated near Brooks' Station,
Va., December 1st, 1862 : —
November 1st, marched from Lovettsville, Va., to within
two miles of Warrenton, distance about fifty-six miles, and
encamped ; 8th, marched from camp near Warrenton to
Rappahannock Station, distance about twelve miles ; 18th,
continued march and encamped near Stafford Court-house,
distance twenty-seven miles ; 23d, from Stafford Court-
house to Camp near Brooks' Station, distance about seven
miles.
Monthly report for December, dated at Fletcher's Chapel,
Va., January 2d, 1863 : —
December 1st, in camp near Brooks' Station ; 3d, changed
camp one-half mile ; 9th, marched towards Falmouth, Va.,
three miles; 10th, marched four miles; 11th, resumed
march towards Rappahannock River, three miles ; 12th,
crossed river and took position in line-of-battle as skirmishers ;
13th, engaged in battle before Fredericksburg, with a loss of
three killed and eleven wounded, one of whom has since died ;
14th, lay in position in field ; 15th, recrossed river at
night ; 16th, marched to camp, about two miles, and resumed
the march on 19th, towards Fletcher's Chapel, Va., about ten
miles, where now remain.
The following is a condensation of the report made to your
Excellency, of the part taken by the Thirteenth Regiment at
the battle fought at Manassas, on the 30th of August, 1862.
152 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
It had taken part in the battle at Thoroughfare Gap on the
afternoon of the 28th of August.
It left Thoroughfare Gap on the afternoon of the 28th, and
encamped at night at Gainesville. At daylight on the morning
of the 29th it marched to Manassas Junction, via Bristow
Station on the Alexandria and Orange Railroad, and thence to
a position near the first Bull Run battle-field, where it
bivouacked. Early on the morning of the 30th the brigade in
which they were was ordered forward to the line of the expected
battle. During the forenoon their division took position in
massed column on the right of the line of battle |is a reserve,
and as such made such movements as were necessary to sup-
port the advanced line in its changes of position. In the early
part of the afternoon, the brigade made a reconnoissance to the
extreme right. On returning, the division marched to the
extreme left of the line of battle. After a halt of a half-hour, and
at about four o'clock, P. M., the division, by command of Gen-
eral McDowell in person, returned, and when nearly opposite
the centre of the left wing, their brigade marched directly to
the front line then in action, and, by a flank movement to the
left, along in rear of the line of battle, formed on the left in
support of the troops, then wavering from the crushing force
opposed to them, this regiment having the left of the entire
line of battle. Shortly after gaining this position, it was dis-
covered that our left had been flanked by a heavy force, and
this regiment especially was receiving the enemy's fire from two
directions. Soon the supported line fell back, passing through
the regimental line to the rear. Not until thus uncovered did
this regiment return the fire of the enemy.
After nearly half an hour's brisk firing, many having been
disabled, it became evident that the Thirteenth could not,
unsupported, long hold the position, exposed, as it was, to a
fierce enfilading fire from both the enemy's artillery and
musketry. At this time their Colonel received an order by
one of General McDowell's aids, to flank to the woods, then
partly occupied by the enemy, about one hundred yards distant,
across a small brook and ravine, much exposed to the enemy's
fire. While accomplishing this movement, the left wing of our
whole force gave way generally, and this regiment retired with
the other troops, to reform in the rear of the hospital. At
18(53.] HOUSE— No. 3. 153
night they retreated about two miles and bivouacked, and early
the next morning reached' Centreville.
The losses sustained by this regiment at this battle were 19
killed, 108 wounded, and 66 missing; total, 193.
About three o'clock on the 13th of September, the division to
which this regiment belonged marched from its position near
Keedysville, on the right bank of Antietam Creek, to the
extreme right of the anticipated battle-ground, by the Smoke-"
town road, and halted near the Hagerstown pike. About six
o'clock an advance towards the enemy's line was ordered, and
by a succession of manoeuvres, most of the time exposed to a
rapid shelling from the enemy's artillery, during which the
regiment suffered no casualties, the brigade arrived, about eight
o'clock, at a position in line of battle, at a short distance only
in rear of our line of skirmishers. In this position they
remained during the night, lying upon their arms. At five
o'clock on the morning of the 17th, the brigade, being in line
of battle, commenced advancing, and at six o'clock came under
the fire of the enemy, both artillery and infantry. Still advanc-
ing, by a movement to the right and again to the left, they
gained a position within about seventy-five yards of the enemy's
line, and commenced returning their fire. From this position
two supporting lines of the enemy could be seen. Our line was
partly along the border of a piece of woods, and partly in an
open field. In consequence, their right wing was more exposed,
and suffered more severely. For two hours this regiment was
thus spiritedly engaged. Their brigade was composed of four
regiments, of which the Twelfth Massachusetts was on the right,
the Eighty-Third New York on the left, and the Thirteenth Mas-
sachusetts on the right of the left wing. The battle raged
fiercely at this point. After a full hour's hard fighting, the
right wing of the brigade, holding a more exposed position,
and suffering a heavy loss, fell back. This regiment was
the last to retire, and not until the Ninetieth Pennsylvania,
which came up as a reinforcement in the place of the Eleventh
Pennsylvania, and the Twelfth Massachusetts had retired from
their right, and the Eighty-Third New York from their left, did
their Colonel receive the order to fall back.
Their division having retired, shortly formed again, and were
20
154 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
again placed in line of battle, where tliey remained, awaiting
orders.
The following casualties occurred on this battle : Killed, 15 ;
wounded, 120 ; missing, 4 ; total, 139. For the part which
the Thirteenth Regiment took at the battle of Fredericksburg,
Ya., I am indebted to a letter from Adjutant Bradley, from
which I make the following extract, dated Falmouth, Va.,
• December 17th, 1862 :—
" Enclosed please to find list of casualties for Dr. Dale, -which I am happy
to state is the smallest of any regiment I have heard of in the division. The
regiment crossed without any loss on the night — or rather recrossed — of the _
15th, leaving the left wing in front of the rebel lines, without a man knowing
we were moving. All the pickets came safely across before sunrise on the
16th and rejoined us on the march at an early hour. When we first crossed
on Friday the 12th, at an early hour, the brigade was at once advanced in
front of the division, and this regiment deployed and advanced as skirmishers.
We finally met theirs, and they at once began to retire over a large plain
with here or there a clump of trees, until they arrived at the skirt of the woods
extending a distance, nearly covering the front of the brigade. We got a fine
position on a road fronting them, with a ditch parallel, and then we picketed
all night, having a third of the regiment on, and relieved every two hours.
No shots were exchanged that night in our front. A'^ery hasty cups of coffee
were drank that morning by the boys, and every officer and man in the regi-
ment was tired enough to sleep, had time been granted, but before noon the
brigades were formed in line of battle, and skirmishers pushed forward to the
brow of a slight declivity, the rebels retiring into the woods, and the crack of
the skirmishers began. All the brigades advanced over the fence and ditch
and remained lying down. Our right connected with Mead's Division, and the
left with Doubleday's Pennsylvania reserves. The right of the brigade was the
Eighty-Eighth Pennsylvania, who broke, and came near breaking up the next,
of Jones's. But General Taylor got them in, and then we remained for a few
hours under the cross-fire of several batteries. Our men laid very close, and
kept up a brisk fire on the rebels, who gave them no show, except by the flash
or smoke of their rifles. We suffered very little, as the shot went over and
struck in the rear regiments. That was a time to show the metal of men.
The continuous thug of the bullets, as they struck around every man as he
rose up to fire, and the fact that there were less than three hundred men in
front of three brigades, every man's actions to be seen by those in the rear,
and not knowing any thing but what was going on in front, proved the grit of
■what remains of our regiment. At the general advance, shortly after noon,
our regiment began to fire rapidly as they could from kneeling position, until
the brigades advanced over them and commenced the battle in earnest, as the
press has it. The Thirteenth was ordered to rally upon their reserve of two
companies, and sent nearly half a mile to the rear for ammunition, which they
got, after a long time, and the brigade had mostly fallen back and formed on us-
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3. 155
General Gibbons being wounded, General Taylor assumed command of the
division, and Colonel Leonard of the brigade, and advanced to a position in
the rear of the road we picketed the night before. By what miracle our men
escaped no one can tell, but certain it was that on our recapitulation of to-day
the regiment can account for every man but two, who were, doubtless,
deserters, as they were not in the fight. The Twelfth, in Tower's brigade,
conuuanded by Colonel Lyell, I think, passed us, went into the woods, crossed
the railroad and met with a murderous fire, both from their masked battery
and the rebels who were piled tier on tier behind trees and felled woods. I
think their loss must be nearly one-third of the command. Colonel Bates, of
the Massachusetts Twelfth, is highly spoken of for his conduct. The loss in
this brigade was 295 by my reports of to-day, and we have 1,286 officers and
men (five regiments,) for duty. Colonel Leonard is in command of the
brigade, and I am Acting Assistant Adjutant-General. Only one officer
(Lieutenant Foley,) was slightly injured by a piece of shell. The paroled
prisoners or convalescent men have not yet joined us. We are the largest
regiment in the brigade (314 for duty,) by some 50 men.
The following is an abstract of the roster of this regiment: —
1 Assistant-Surgeon promoted Brigade-Surgeon.
1 Captain promoted Colonel 23d Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers.
1 Captain promoted Major 1st Regiment Maryland Cavalry.
8 First Lieutenants pi'omoted Captains.
10 Second Lieutenants promoted First Lieutenants.
1 Second Lieutenant dismissed the service.
13 Second Lieutenants have been taken from enlisted men.
32 Commissions have been made for this regiment during the year 1862.
156 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
FOURTEENTH REGIMENT.
[Jan.
Bate of Commis-
NAMES.
Rank.
sions.
William B. Greene,
Colonel,
July
5, 1861,
Samuel C. Oliver, .
Lieut. Colonel, .
5, "
Levi P. Wright, .
Major,
5, "
David Dana, .
Surgeon, .
5, "
Samuel K. Towle, .
Assistant-Surgeon,
5, "
Stephen Barker,
Chaplain, .
16, "
Charles F. Simmons,
First Lieut., (Adj't,) .
5, "
Andrew Washburn,
" (Qrm'r,)
5, "
Addison A. Hosmer,
(1 ii a
Oct.
24, "
Edward B. Mason, .
Assistant-Surgeon,
Mar.
1, 1862,
Andrew Washburn,
Major,
Jan.
18, "
Frank A. Rolfe,
li
Mar.
22, "
Levi P. Wright,
Lieut. Colonel, .
June
10, "
Seth P. Buxton,
Major,
10, "
Samuel L. Dutton, .
Assistant-Surgeon,
Aug.
11, "
Josiah N. Willard, .
Surgeon, .
Nov.
10, "
Thomas R. Tannatt,
Colonel,
28, "
Nathaniel Shatswell,
Major,
Dec.
31, "
Nathaniel Shatswell,
Captain, .
July
5, 1861,
Leverett Bradley, .
a
5, "
Alonzo G. Draper, .
ii
5, "
Jones Frankle,
a
5, "
Joseph W. Sargent,
a
5, "
Samuel Langmaid, .
a
5, "
Benjamin Day,
a
5, "
Horace Holt, .
"
5, "
Arthur A. Putnam, .
u
5, "
Frank A. Kolfe,
a
5, "
Seth S. Buxton,
u
5, "
Jeremy B. Ward well.
a
Sept.
9 " .
"5
Joseph W. Kimball,
a
Jan.
9, 1862,
Edward A. Chandler,
" . .■ .
Mar.
12, "
Eben A. Andrews, .
a
19, «
William Preston,
u
09 "
James Pope, .
u
June
10, "
Abiel S. Roads,
u
Oct.
25, "
Christopher S. Heath,
u
Sept.
20, "
AVIUiam F. Martins,
u
Nov.
18, "
Milton B. Shattuck,
First Lieutenant,
July
6, 1861,
Jeremy B. Wardwell,
U 4
6, "
Archelaus C. Wyman,
U (
6, "
John C. Chadwick, .
li 1
6, "
William F. Martins,
U 1
6, "
Joseph W. Kimball,
u (
6, "
Charles P. Noyes, .
U (
6, "
(Charles H. Poor,
a (
6, "
Charles H. Adams, Jr.,
U (
6, "
William Preston,
a (
6, "
James I'ope, .
U (,
6, "
Christopher S. Heath,
U 1
Sept.
10, "
William J. Roome, .
H i
22, "
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3.
FOURTEENTH REGIMENT.
167
Haverhill,
Salem,
Lawrence,
Reading, .
Haverhill,
Andover, .
Boston, .
Newton, .
West Boylston,
Boston,
Newton, .
Lawrence,
u
Salem,
Chelmsford,
Boston, .
Salem,
Ipswich, .
n
Methuen,
Lynn, .
Havei'hill,
Amesbury,
Lawrence,
Marblehead,
Andover, .
Danvers, .
Lawrence,
Salem,
Methuen,
Lawrence,
Lynn,
Ipswich, .
Lawrence,
Salem,
Marblehead,
Methuen,
Amesbury,
Ipswich, .
Methuen,
Lynn,
Salem,
Amesbury,
Lawrence,
Marblehead,
Andover, .
Danvers, .
Lawrence,
Salem,
Methuen,
Danvers, .
Discharged.
Oct. 11, 1862.
Mar. 13, "
Oct. 30, 1862.
Jan. 24, 1862.
Promoted Lieut. Colonel, June 10, 1862.
Promoted Surgeon 30th Reg't, Feb. 28, '62.
Promoted Major, Jan. 18, 1862.
Transferred from 28th Reg't, Jan. 28, 1862.
Dismissed the service.
Jan. 8, 1862.
Oct. 24, "
Aug. 14, 1861.
Nov. 17, 1862.
Promoted Major, Dec. 31, 1862.
Dismissed the service, Sept. 19, 1862.
Discharged. Company disbanded.
Promoted Major, March 22, 1862.
" " June 10, "
Feb. 6, 1862.
Oct. 24, 1862.
Sept. 20, 1861.
Dec. 2, 1862.
Discharged as 1st Lieut., Nov. 12, 1862.
Promoted Captain, Sept. 2, 1861.
Disch'ged. Comp'y disbanded, July 24, '61.
Promoted Captain,'Nov. 18, 1862.
" " Jan. 9, "
Promoted Captain, March 22, 1862.
" " June 10, "
" Sept. 20, "
168 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
Fourteenth Regiment — Continued.
[Jan.
Date of Commis-
sions.
Kifhard P. Ciishman,
Abiel S. Eoads,
James L. Ilall,
Joseph E. Buswell, .
Benjamin C. Atkinson,
Edward Ilobbs,
Samuel Dalton,
George S. Follensbee,
James M. Osgood, .
Frank W. Taggard,
Benjamin F. Martin,
Moses W. Clement, .
Jonathan B. Hanson,
Albert A. Davis,
John H. Glover,
William C. Glass, .
William G. Thomjison,
Caleb Saunders,
Joseph C. Smith,
Benjamin C. Harrod,
Elbridge W. Guilford,
Samuel C. Hervey, .
Charles Howard,
Daniel M. Felch, .
Lee E,. Worcester, .
Christopher S. Heath,
Josiah H. Sparks, .
Benjamin C. Atkinson,
Richard P. Cushman,
Benjamin F. Martin,
Moses Warren Clement,
George W. Kenney,
Albert A. Davis,
Frank W. Taggard,
William J. Roome, .
George S. Follensbee,
Jonathan B. Hanson,
James M. Osgood,
William H. Gwinn,
John H. Glover,
Samuel C. Hervey,
William Glass,
Edward Hobbs,
William G. Thompson,
Elbridge AV. Guilford,
Frank Davis, .
Joseph E. Buswell, .
Frederic W. Stowe,
Joseph Wall, .
Joel F. Stone, .
Benjamia C. Harrod,
First Lieutenant,
Second Lieutenant,
Jan.
Mar.
Feb.
Mar.
May
June
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Oct.
Sept.
Nov.
Dec.
July
1861,
Aug.
Sept.
Nov.
Jan.
Feb.
Feb.
Mar.
9, 1862,
12, "
28, "
22 "
isi "
10, "
7, "
18, "
18, "
18, "
18, "
18, "
18, "
18, "
18, "
9, "
9, "
19, "
19, "
25, "
25, "
20, "
18, "
11,
5,
5,
5,
5, "
5, "
5, »
5, "
5, "
5, "
5, "
9, "
10, "
22 "
21 "
23,' "
9, 1862,
18, "
18, "
18, "
18, "
18, "
18, «
18, "
18, "
9, "
9, "
12, "
1863.]
HOUSE— No. 3.
Fourt.ee )i th Rerji'm en t — Co ri t i lui e d .
159
Besidence.
Discharged.
Kemarks.
Haverhill,
_
Marblehead, .
.
Promoted Capt, Oct. 25, '62. Disch'd as 1st
Roxbury,
-
[Lieut., Nov. 12, '62.
Methuen,
- _
_ _
Amesbury,
-
— _
Salem,
-
-
Lawrence,
"~
Haverhill,
May 27, 1862.
— _
Danvers, .
_ _
_ _
Marblehead, .
June 6, 1862.
_ _
Andover, .
- _
^
Danvers, .
_ _
_ _
Lawrence,
-
-
Boston, .
I I
■~ ~
Amesbury,
- _
_ _
Lawrence,
Dec. 10, 1862.
_ _
Salem,
-
-
Danvers, .
~ —
Andover, .
_ _
_
Boston, .
_ _
_
Haverhill,
_ _
_ _
Ipswich, .
Nov. 22, 1861.
_ _
Methuen, ,
Promoted 1st Lieut., Sept. 10, 1861.
Lynn,
Dec. 20, 186*1.
_ _
Amesbury,
Promoted 1st Lieut., May 28, 1862.
Haverhill,
" " Jan. 9, "
Marblehead, .
" 18, "
Andover, .
" a a 28 u
Danvers, .
Declined to receive commission.
Lawrence,
Promoted 1st Lieut., Jan. 18, 1862.
Danvers, .
" 18, "
a
Sept. 22, "
" " Jan. 18, ."
Lawrence,
Danvers, .
" ■ " » 18, "
Haverhill,
" " " 18, "
Ipswich, .
_
_
_ _
Lawrence,
Promoted 1st Lieut., Jan. 18, 1862.
Andover, .
Sept. 20, "
" " Feb. 9, "
Boston, .
Salem,
" June 10, "
Amesbury,
Feb. 9, "
Danvers, .
" " Oct. 25, "
Lawrence,
_ _
Methuen,
• .
Promoted 1st Lieut., March 22, 1862.
Andover, .
_ _
Dorchester,
_ ^
_ _
Lawrence,
May 17, 1862.
_ _
Salem,
•
Promoted 1st Lieut., Oct. 25, 1862.
IGO ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
Fourteenth Regiment — Continued.
[Jan.
NAMES.
Rank.
Date of Commis-
sions.
Charles II. Shepard,
Henry ]\I. ]\ltlntire,
Second Lieutenant, .
Mar. 19,
22,
18G2,
George F. Perkins, .
June 10,
John B. Beardsley, .
10,
Charles II. Fendexter,
10,
William L. Stacy, .
7,
Lewis P. Caldwell, .
May 28,
Edward Graham, .
July 81,
George T. Brown, .
Oct. 25,
John W. Johnson, .
Sept. 20,
Alexander Smart, .
Nov. 18,
Cliarles Carroll,
Dec. 11,
Henry Rogers Dalton,
Joseph II. Clark,
Henry P. Hoppin, .
Charles Howard,
Feb. 10,
10,
17,
17,
Howard Carroll,
17,
Arthur L. Drew,
15,
Frank Pope, .
George T. Brown, .
15,
15,
Samuel Dalton,
15,
John F. Pope, .
Mar. 7,
Benjamin B. G Stone,
19,
Daniel jNI. Felch, .
19,
Edwin Earp, .
Oct. 25,
Orrin L. Farnham, .
25,
This regiment, commonly known as the " Essex County
Regiment," from its having been mostly raised in that part of
the State, was mustered into the service of the United States,
July 5th, 1861, at Fort Warren. On the 7th of August, it
left Fort Warren, for Washington, and, upon arriving there,
was ordered to Camp Kalorama, Meridian Heights, Maryland,
where it remained until on the 18tli of the same month, when
it was ordered to cross the Potomac and garrison Fort Albany,
considered at that time the key to Washington. Shortly after
this, it was called upon to furnish a garrison for Fort Runyon
and the works at the head of the Long Bridge.
On the 1st of January, 1862, by orders from the War
Department, the regiment was changed from an infantry to a
heavy aitillery regiment, consequently requiring an increase in
its number of fifty men to each company, and two additional
3.]
HOUSE— No. 3.
Fourteenth Regiment — Continued.
161
Residence.
Discharged.
South Reading,
Lawrence,
Beverly, .
Lawrence,
Lynn,
Marblehead,
Amesbury,
Andover, .
Methuen,
Amesbury,
Lynn,
Boston, .
Cambridge,
u
Boston, .
Cambridge,
Haverhill,
Salem,
Andover, .
Salem,
Dorchester,
Belmont, .
Haverhill,
Lynn,
Andover, .
July 30, 1862.
Sept. 23, 1862,
App'd Ass't Adj't Gen. U. S. A., May 28, '62.
Promoted 1st Lieut., Nov. 18, 1862.
Deceased.
Promoted 2d Lieut., Oct. 25, 1862.
" 1st Lieut., June 7, 1862.
Promoted 1st Lieut., Dec. 11,' 1862.
companies of 150 men each, to raise it to the standard, which
was duly accomplished. Early in April following, this regi-
ment was required, in addition to the forts already occupied by
them, to furnish garrisons for Forts Scott, Richardson, Barnard,
Craig and Tillinghurst, vacated by infantry regiments detached
for other service. They remained in garrison in these forts
until August 23d, when they were ordered to Clouds Mills,
where they remained until the 26th, when orders were received
to march to Manassas. While on the march to this point, on
the morning of the 27th, between Annandale and Fairfax
Court-house, they were met by squads of flying soldiers belong-
ing to the Second New York Artillery, who had preceded
them the previous day, and who had met and were repulsed
by Stuart's Cavalry. The regiment kept on, passing on their
route a long supply train of four or five miles in length, belonging
21
162 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
to General Banks' army, which had been ordered back for
safety. When about a mile beyond Fairfax Court-house, they
were met by two pieces of the Twelfth New York Battery, —
the remainder having been captured by the enemy, — rapidly
retreating, followed in close pursuit by the enemy's cavalry.
Colonel Greene, of this regiment, ordered them to stop, and
placed them in position, under the charge of one of his captains,
at the same time deploying his regiment through the woods on
both sides of the road. They remained in line all day, and lay
on their arms during the following night. Early on the morn-
ing of the next day, one of their pickets was shot by the enemy
and subsequently taken to a house in the rear for surgical
treatment. While the surgeons were engaged in their duty,
the house in which they were occupied was surrounded by the
enemy's cavalry and the whole party taken prisoners, including
the capture of an ambulance, a hospital wagon and a four-
horse regimental wagon, with their drivers. After being taken
some few miles, the surgeons were unconditionally released
and the remainder of the party paroled by the enemy. Late
in the day, the regiment received orders to return to Clouds
Mills, where they arrived late the same evening, having marched
seventeen miles in five and a half hours. The day follow-
ing, the regiment was ordered to garrison Forts Albany, Craig,
Tillinghast, Woodbury, De Kalb, Corcoran, Haggerty and
Bennett.
After doing duty at these forts for more than a week,
the regiment was relieved from duty at the three last named.
They still occupy the others, Albany, Craig, Tillinghast,
Woodbury and De Kalb. About the middle of September,
Companies Hand I were ordered to Maryland Heights for gar-
rison duty, and about a month later. Company C was ordered
to join them.
Since this regiment has been performing garrison duty, it
has accomplished a great deal in building fortifications, mount-
ing and dismounting heavy guns and moving ordnance from
one fortification to another. Li addition, it has been employed
in repairing roads and bridges on each side of the several forti-
fications. Since they have been in active service, the regiment
has lost ninetj'-five men, discharged on account of })hysical dis-
ability, sixteen by death and fifteen from desertion. And
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3. 163
although there never has been an opportunity granted them to
meet the enemy in the field, they have occupied a no less
responsible and necessary position.
Tlie following is an abstract of the roster of this regiment: —
1 Major promoted Lieutenant-Colonel.
1 Assistant-Surgeon promoted Surgeon 30tli Kegiment Mass. Vols.
1 Captain dismissed from service.
3 Captains promoted Majors. •
1 First Lieutenant promoted Major.
7 First Lieutenants promoted Captains.
22 Second Lieutenants promoted First Lieutenants.
1 Second Lieutenant promoted Assistant Adjutant-General, U. S. A.
5 Second Lieutenants from civilians.
36 Second Lieutenants from enlisted men.
1 Major dismissed the service.
1 Colonel discharged.
1 Lieutenant-Colonel discharged.
74 Commissions have been made for this regiment during the year 1862.
164 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
FIFTEENTH BEGIMENT.
[Jan.
■ - - - ■ ' - -
Date of Commis-
NAMES.
Bank.
' 1
sions.
Charles Devens, Jr.,
Colonel, .
July 24, 1861,
George 11. Ward, .
Lieut. Colonel, .
24, "
John W. Kimball, .
Major,
Aug. 1, "
Joseph N. Bates,
Surgeon, .
5, »
S. Foster Haven, Jr.,
Assistant-Surgeon,
5, "
William G. Scanlan,
Chaplain, .
5, «
George A. Hicks, .
First Lieut. CAdj't,) .
■8, "
Church Howe,
" " (Quart'r,)
1, "
George H. Ward, .
Colonel, .
April 29, 1862,
John W. Kimball, .
Lieut. Colonel, .
29, "
Chase Philbrick,
Major,
29, "
Samuel Foster Haven, Ji
V
Surgeon, .
July 21, "
Henry Rockwood, .
Assistant- Surgeon,
Aug. 7, "
Theodore 0. Cornish,
" "
11, «
Chase Philbrick,
Lieut. Colonel, .
Nov. 13, »
F. Le Baron Munroe,
Sugeon,
Dec. 29, "
George C. Joslin, .
Major,
Nov. 13, «'
George W. Rockwood,
Captain,
Aug. 1, 1861,
Clark S. Simonds, .
a
1, "
Henry Bowman,
u
1, "
John M. Studley, .
a
1, "
Charles H. Watson,
((
1, "
Sardus S. Sloan,
a
1, "
Walter Forehand, .
a
1, "
Chase Philbrick,
a
1, "
Moses W. Gatchell,
u
1, "
George C. Joslin, .
u
5, "
Leonard Wood,
((
Oct. 22, "
Jeremiah E. Green,
u
Jan. 17, 1862,
Amos Bartlett,
a
May 21, "
John Murkland,
a
Sept. 18, "
Richard Derby,
a
Aug. 6, "
Lyman H. Ellingwood,
u
Sept. 18, "
Charles H. Eager, .
((
Oct. 15, "
Walter Gale, .
u
24, «
Leonard Wood,
First Lieutenant,
Aug. 1, 1861,
Joseph M. Goddard,
" "
1, "
Andrew L. Fuller, .
" "
1, "
Edwin P. Woodward,
" "
1, "
Nelson Bartholomew,
" "
1, "
Jeremiah E. Green,
" "
1, "
Newell K. Holden, .
" "
1, "
Henry S. Taft,
" "
1, "
Edwin B. Staples, .
" "
1, "
Amos Bartlett,
a u
5, "
George W. Baldwin,
" "
Nov. 27, "
Richard Derby,
" "
90 11
Thomas J. Spurr, .
" "
17, "
AVilliam B. Storer, .
" "
Jan. 28, 1862,
Lyman H. Ellingwood,
a (c
17, »
Charles II. Eager, .
u
((
May 11, "
1863.]
HOUSE— No. 3.
FIFTEENTH KEGIMENT.
165
Worcester,
Grafton, .
Boston, .
Worcester,
Northbridge,
Worcester,
Westford,
Millbury, .
Worcester,
Meeway, .
Worcester,
Leominster,
Fitchburg,
Clinton, .
Worcester,
Oxford, .
Brook field,
Grafton, .
Northbridge,
Blackstone,
Worcester,
Leominster,
Brookfield,
Worcester,
ritchburg,
Salem,
Beverly, .
Fitchburg,
Northborough,
Leominster,
Fitchburg,
Clinton, .
Worcester,
Oxford, .
Brookfield,
Grafton, .
Northbridge,
Blackstone,
Worcester,
u
Salem,
Worcester,
Cambridge,
Brookfield,
Fitchburg,
July 17, 1862,
Nov. 12, 1862,
Sept. 17, 1862,
Nov. 4, 1862,
Jan. 16, 1862.
Oct. 9, "
Jan. 16, 1863.
Oct. 23, 1862.
Jan. 7, 1863.
Oct. 26, 1862.
" 7, 1861.
Apr. 27, 1862.
Nov. 20, "
July 18, 1862.
Jan. 2, 1863.
Promoted Brigadier-General Volunteers.
" • Colonel, April 29, 18G2.
" Lieut. Colonel, April 29, 1862.
Dismissed the service.
Promoted Surgeon, July 21, 1862.
App'd Ass't Adj't Gen'l Vol's, Nov. 16, '61.
Colonel 53d Reg't, M. V. M., Dec. 3, 1862.
Killed at Fredericksburg, Dec. 13, 1862.
Died.
Promoted Major 34th Reg't, Aug. 6, 1862.
Lieut. Colonel 51st Reg't, M.V.M.
Promoted Major, April 29, 1862.
Killed at Ball's Bluff, Oct. 21, 1861.
Promoted Major, Nov. 13, 1862.
Died, Sept. 17, 1862.
Promoted Captain, Oct. 22, 1861.
Died in Philadelphia, Nov. 21, 1861.
Promoted Captain, Jan. 17, 1862.
Pi;omoted Captain, May 21, 1862.
App'd A. A. G., staff Brig. Gen. Devens, June 9, 1862.
Promoted Captain, Aug. 6, 1862.
Died of wounds, Sept. 27, 1862.
Promoted Captain, Sept. 18, 1862.
" " Oct. 15, "
160 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
Fifteenth Regiment — Continued.
[Jan.
Date of Commis-
sions.
Frank S. Corbin,
J. Harris Hooper, .
Hans Peter Jorgensen,
Bernard B. Vassell,
Albert Prince,
W. R. Wheelock, .
Adoniram J. Bradley,
Edward J. Bussell, .
W. G. Waters,
Frank W. Polley, .
Charles H. Eager, .
James N. Johnson, .
J. William Grout, .
Bernard B. Vassell,
Lyman H. EUingwood,
Stephen L. Carney,
Richard Derby,
Amos Bartlett,
Frank S. Corbin, .
Francis A. Walker,
I. Harris Hooper, .
Hans Peter Jorgensen,
John S. Hall, . . .
James Taft,
Walter Gale, .
Lyman Doaue,
Albert Prince,
George AV. Bolster,
William K. Steele, .
Adoniram J. Bradley,
Edward J. Russell, .
Charles H. Stevens,
Samuel J. Fletcher,
Charles Frazier,
Charles M. Batchelder,
Albert Smith, .
Frederic Bullard, .
Pliny M. George, .
First Lieutenant,
Second Lieutenant,
May
June
July
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Sept.
Oct.
Au<r.
Oct.
Nov.
Jan.
Feb.
June
May
July
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Sept.
21,
9,
19,
6,
18,
10,
19,
28,
27,
1,
1,
1,
1,
1,
1,
1,
1,
1,
8,
12,
8,
22,
22,
it!
17,
17,
00
11,
21,
24,
19,
18,
6,
18,
24,
19,
28,
1802,
1861,
1862,
1863.]
HOUSE— No. 3.
Fifteenth Regiment — Contimu'd.
l<ol
' Eosldence.
Discharged.
Bemai'ks.
Dudley, .
Sept. 17, 1862.
Died of wounds.
Boston, .
-
-
Leominster,
-
_ -
Oxford, .
.
Discharged as 2d Lieut., Nov. 0, 1862.
Clinton, .
_ _
Russell, .
_ -
N. Brookfield, .
-
_ _
Clinton, .
_ _
_ _
Leominster,
Jan. 16, 1862.
_ _
Fitcbburg,
Promoted 1st Lieut, May 11, 1862.
Clinton, .
Jan. 16, 1862.
- _
Worcester,
.
Killed in battle, Oct. 21, 1861.
Oxford, .
.
Promoted 1st Lieut., Aug. 6, '62. Dlscli'd.
Brookfield,
Jan. 17, 1862.
Grafton, .
Jan. 16, 1862.
_ -
Salem,
• • •
Promoted 1st Lieut., Nov. 22, 1861.
Webster, .
• • .
" " Aug. 5, "
Dudley, .
> • ' -
Promoted 1st Lieut., May 21, 1862.
N. Brookfield, .
.
Declined to receive commission.
Boston, .
• • .
Promoted 1st Lieut., June 9, 1862.
Leominster,
.
" " July 19, "
Worcester,
- -
_ -
Uxbridge,
July 17, 1862.
_ -
Northboroiigh, .
Promoted Captain, Oct. 24, 1862.
E. Brookfield, .
Ju'ly 23, 1862.
-
Oxford, .
Promoted 1st Lieut, Sept 18, 1862.
Uxbridge,
- -
_ -
Worcester,
-
-
Russell, .
.
Promoted 1st Lieut, Sept. 19, 1862.
N. Brookfield, .
" " " 28, "
Northbridge, .
_ _
_ _
Clinton, •
- -
-
Grafton, .
-
-
Brookfield,
_ _
_ _
Webster, .
— —
— —
1B8 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
The report made by Lieutenant-Colonel Kimball of this regi-
ment is so full and complete, and written with so much modesty
and abilit}', that I copy it almost entire. It is made up -to
November 10th. Since that time, the Fifteenth has had another
baptism of blood at Fredericksburg, and Lieutenant-Colonel
Kimball has been promoted Colonel of the Fifty-Third Regi-
ment, and is now on his way to New Orleans, under orders to
report to Major-General Banks, in command of the Department
of the Gulf. The Colonel (Ward) of the Fifteenth lost a leg at
Ball's Bluff, and is not yet sufficiently recovered to join his
regiment. Here is the narrative of Lieut. Col. Kimball : —
Tlie Fifteenth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry
was organized in Worcester County in the month of June, 1861,
under the call for three years volunteers to put down the
rebellion then and now existing in our country. For a nucleus
the regiment had three companies of State militia around which
to rally. Seven companies of entirely new organization being-
added, the whole was mustered into the service of the LTnited
States June 12, 1861, as the Fifteenth Regiment Massachusetts
Volunteers, under the 'command of Colonel Charles Devens, Jr.
During the process of recruiting, organizing and drilling, the
regiment was encamped in the city of Worcester, the camp being
known as Camp Scott, from which place the regiment left, August
8th, 1861, direct for Washington, full in numbers, thoroughly
and entirely armed and equipped. Arriving in Washington,
August 11th, quarters were obtained in public buildings, used at
that time for the accommodation of the thousands of troops
which were crowding into the city. The day following orders
were received to place the regiment in camp on Meridian Hill,
near the city, on and about which were many troops, temporarily
located, until assigned to brigades and divisions. At this camp,
known as Camp Kalorama, the regiment remained two weeks,
the only duty performed being that of guarding the camp and
drilling. On Sunday, August 25th, orders were received to
march immediately to Foolesville, Md., a town north-west from
Washington, a distance some thirty-five miles. The line of
march was taken up at four o'clock, P. M., and ten miles
accomplished before a halt for the night was ordered.
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Here was tlic first experience in the bivouac. Under a
cloudless sky, bright with its ten thousand lights, the men,
wearied by the unusual toil, threw themselves upon the grass-
grown earth, to forget in sleep the then called hardships of a
soldier's life. The march the next day was eighteen miles, the
bivouac at night a piece of woodland, near the town of Daw-
sonville.
Poolesville was reached August 27tli, and the regiment
ordered into camp by General Charles P. Stone, commanding
Corps of Observation, on a large common or plain near the
town, which, on account of its being disputed property and
therefore not in use, served well the double purpose of a drill
and camp ground. By order of Colonel Devens, this camp was
called and known as Camp Foster, in honor of the Hon. D wight
Foster, Attorney-General of the State of Massachusetts. The
Potomac River constituting the dividing line between the two
armies, a large force was required for picket duty, in order to
protect the line extending from Seneca Falls to Point of Rocks.
Guarding that part of this line between Conrad's Ferry and the
lower end of Harrison's Island, a distance of three miles, became
the duty of the Fifteenth Regiment. Five companies were sent
to the river on this duty, and were relieved at the expiration of
fourteen days by the balance of the regiment. Nothing of
importance occurred to break the monotony of the established
camp and picket duties, until the battle of Ball's Bluff, pending
which time the regiment rapidly improved in drill and disci-
pline. At midnight, October 20th, orders were received at
camp to march to the river, and join that portion of the regi-
ment on duty there. At two o'clock, A. M., August 21st, five
companies crossed the river from Harrison's Island, and were
posted on Ball's Bluff. The remaining five companies were
hurried across from the Maryland shore as soon after daybreak
as possible, the sound of musketry announcing that skirmishing
had already commenced. Of the events of that disastrous day
we respectfully refer you to the official report of the battle, by
the commanding officer. Suffice it here to say, after an obsti-
nate resistance from morn till night, against superior forces, our
forces were driven from the Bluff to the river. The only means
of transportation across the river were two boats, one capable of
holding sixty men, the other a small life-boat, not more than
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sixteen. Into these the troops crowded. The large boat soon
sunk, filled with men, many of them wounded, and for want of
proper means of propelling th(^ smaller one, it was but of little
service at that critical moment. The only chance of escape left
was by swimming, made extremely liazardous by the galling fire
which the enemy poured into the river.
Of the 625 men of the regiment who in the morning crossed
the river, but 313 returned uninjured at night. Two officers
were killed, four wounded, seven taken prisoners. Our morn-
ing reports, immediately after the battle, show a loss among the
enlisted men of 26 killed outright, 66 wounded, and 224
missing in action. Nothing worthy of note occurred after the
battle. During the fall and winter many recruits were received
from the State, the regiment numbering in aggregate 903 on
February 24th. Orders to march were received February
25th, and the camp was broken. February 26th, Adamstown
was reached, from which place the troops were transported by
rail to Harper's Ferry, arriving at the latter place at five,
P. M., crossing the Potomac by pontoon bridge.
At Harper's Ferry the regiment was quartered in buildings
till November 2d, when it was marched to Bolivar Heights,
one company remaining at Harper's Ferry on provost guard
duty. Camp was struck March 7tli, and the line of march
taken up for Charlestown, the fine weather and good roads
rendering the march an easy one. At Charlestown the regiment
remained until March 10th, and then moved on to Berryville, a
distance of thirteen miles. At Berryville traces of the enemy
were discovered, and their cavalry were driven from the town
by our advance. One company of the regiment, deployed as
skirmishers, exchanged shots with the enemy, but no casualties
occurred on either side. Remained in camp at Berryville until
March loth, when orders were received to push on to Winches-
ter, but when within two miles of the town were ordered back
to camp at Berryville, as Winchester had been occupied by the
forces under General Banks.
March 14th, the regiment returned to Charlestown ; March
15th, marched to Bolivar, and pitched camp on the heights on
the ground formerly occupied. At Bolivar the regiment
remained one week awaiting orders. March 22d, left Harper's
Ferry by rail for Washington, and arriving late at night, were
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quartered in barracks near the Capitol. Went into camp near
the city the next day, remaining until ordered to Alexandria,
on the night of March 23d. Reached Alexandria at five, A. M.,
Marcli 24th. March 29tli, the regiment embarked for Hampton
on board steam transports, and sailed at three, P. M., the
weatlier cold and stormy.
April 1st, disembarked at Hampton, and went into camp near
the town. April 4th, the march up the Peninsula commenced,
halting the first night at Big Bethel, marching from thence to
an estate owned by one Mr. Bowers, and known during our
stay as Camp Misery, a name entirely in keeping with the
condition of the camp, which by a long rain storm was made
truly miserable.
From this point progress was made necessarily very slow, as
the enemy in force were strongly entrenched before Yorktown, a
distance of not more than three miles. Here the labor of fell-
ing timber and making roads commenced, in order that the
artillery and trains might be brought to the front. April 11th,
the regiment was moved forward to within one mile of the
enemy's works, to take an active part in the operations of
besieging Yorktown. This camp, known as Camp Advance,
was soon abandoned for abetter position a half a mile advanced,
at which place a permanent camp, known as Camp Winfield
Scott was established.
From this time until the evacuation by the enemy of York-
town, the regiment was actively employed, doing picket duty,
supporting artillery, throwing up earthworks, &c. Although
under artillery fire many times, but one casualty occurred in
the regiment, the wounding of an officer by a piece of shell.
During the siege of Yorktown, the first company of Andrew
Sharpshooters, Captain John Saunders, became attached to
the regiment. With their telescopic rifles this company was
highly effective in silencing the enemy's batteries, at times
driving them from their guns. Their loss during the siege was
three men wounded.
While before Yorktown, Colonel Devens left the Fifteenth to
take command of a brigade, having been appointed a brigadier-
general. The command of the regiment was immediately
assumed by Lieutenant-Colonel Kimball.
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^[ay 4tli, the enemy evacuated their entire line of works,
■svliich wore at once occupied by our forces, the Fifteenth being
one of the first regiments to plant their standard within the
fortifications. Tlie regiment remained at Yorktown until
transports were in readiness to convey the troops to West
Point. May 6tli, embarked for West Point, arriving early the
next morning, in time to reinforce General Franklin, who was
engaged with the enemy. Hastily landed, the regiment was
immediately formed in line of battle to support the forces
already engaged ; were not called into action, and suffered no
loss. May 9th, marched to Eltham, on the Pamunkey River, a
distance from West Point of two and a half miles, encamping
on a large plantation known as Camp near Eltham.
Here the troops remained until preparations were completed
for the onward march towards Richmond. Camp was struck
May 16th, and a tedious march was made of a few miles to a
place called Austin's Church, where, encamped in the woods,
the regiment remained until fair weather rendered the roads in
a better condition for moving the army. Left Austin's Church
May 18th, and proceeded some three miles towards the famous
Chickahominy River, encamping in a large field of grain
known as Camp near Mayo's House. March was resumed
May 21st, and a place known as Savage's House, near Bottom's
Bridge, was reached. The heat at this time was intense, and
for want of proper rest many of the men fell out from the
ranks in an exhausted condition ; some were affected with
sunstroke, but none died in consequence. A march of five
miles the following day, and the command reached the Tyler
estate, near the banks of the Chickahominy.
Early in the afternoon of May 31st, rapid and heavy firing
was heard, distinctly heard, from across the river. The troops
under General Sumner, including the Fifteenth Regiment,
were immediately ordered under arms, and marched to the
assistance of General Casey. Crossing the river on a bridge
of logs, called Sumner's Grapevine Bridge, the column
advanced about two miles, and formed near Fair Oaks Station,
in anticipation of an attack. The regiment had barely time to
load before the battle, which raged fiercely until after dark,
commenced. The first position taken by the Fifteenth Regi-
ment was in support of a battery of light artillery, commanded
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by Lieutenant Kirby of tbo regular service, wbich was playing
witb great effect upon tlie concealed enemy. This position was
trying to the men, in the extreme ; as but a small portion
were engaged, the balance could only stand firmly before the
storm of bullets, to resist the cliarge, should one be attempted.
Three times did the foe, flushed with the victory of the morn-
ing, and confident of success, rush upon the battery almost to
the cannon's mouth, but each time were driven back in
disorder, leaving many brave men within a few yards of our
bayonets. Before they could rally from this terrible fire of
canister and musketry, a cliarge upon them was ordered.
With wild shouts and cbeers, the unwavering line advanced
into the almost impenetrable thicket, but the enemy had
fled ; their dead and wounded alone were left, the evidences of
a glorious victory. That night the troops rested upon their arms
on the battle-field, the horrors of which were made doubly
revolting by the unceasing groans of the wounded.
In the battle of Fair Oaks, the regiment sustained a loss of
five killed, seventeen wounded. The battle-field became the
permanent camp at Fair Oaks.. A breastwork of logs was
thrown up, behind which the regiment stood in line of battle
many weary hours, both day and night, during the entire
month of June, in anticipation of an attack. Heavy details
were made for fatigue 'duty, slashing timber, building fortifica-
tions, &c. The detail for picket was also large, and the duty
arduous, skirmishes being of frequent occurrence. The men
suffered much from sickness incidental to the climate, some
deaths occurred, and many were sent back to general hospitals.
June 27th, an attack was made upon our lines, and the
regiment was ordered from one position to another, in support
of the troops engaged. Although not brought into action, the
regiment was under fire, the result of which was the wounding
of one man slightly. June 28th, the attack was resumed with
■vigor, but no casualty occurred to the regiment, notwithstand-
ing the severe artillery fire to which it was exposed at times
during the day. At nine o'clock, P. M., camp was struck;
the regiment marched to Savage Station, for the purpose of
destroying ordnance stores, prior to the abandoning of that
post. Throughout the entire day, June 29th, the men were
kept busily at work, and when all was accomplished, awaited
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the approach of the troops then slowly falling back from Fair
Oaks. The troops arrived about four o'clock, P. M., and were
posted in a strong position to check the advance of the enemy.
Of the engagement of the evening, we again respectfully refer
you to the report of the commanding officer of the regiment.
The Fifteenth took an important part in the fight, and was
posted on picket till nine o'clock, P. M., when the troops were
quietly withdrawn and the retreat continued to White Oak
Swamp, or Glen Dale. On the march from Savage Station, a
few men fell out from utter exhaustion, and were captured by
the enemy, but were soon paroled and exchanged. In the rear
again at Glen Dale, the regiment was engaged with the
enemy on the evening of June 30th, the result of which fight
was a success, enabling the army trains to reach a place of
comparative safety.
At two o'clock, A. M., July 1st, the pickets were withdrawn
from the field, and the retreat continued to Malvern Hill.
In the battle of July 1st, the regiment was not actively
engaged, that part of the line to which it was assigned not
being attacked, but was at times under severe artillery fire.
Harrison's Landing, the destination of the army, was reached
on the morning of July 2d, where, under cover of the gun-
boats, the troops found a place of safety. In the various bat-
tles occurring on the retreat from Fair Oaks to Harrison's
Landing, the regiment lost eleven wounded and twenty-six
missing. On the arrival at Harrison's Landing, the soldiers
were thoroughly worn out by the unceasing fighting and march-
ing of the week. A suitable place was selected, and a perma-
nent camp established, known as Camp near Harrison's Land-
ing. During the month of July but little was required of the
regiment, the intense heat of the weather rendering constant
drilling highly injurious. A reconnoissance in force to Mal-
vern Hill was made, the troops leaving camp on the evening of
August 4th, arriving at their destination early the following
morning. Tlie regiment was not engaged in the skirmish of the
following morning, and returned to Harrison's Landing without
the loss of a man.
August loth, the camp was struck and the army moved for
Newport News, arriving at the latter place August 22d. The
regiment embarked on board the steam transport Mississippi,
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for Alexandria. Arrived August 28tli, and left the following
day for Chain Bridge. Here the long promised rest was
expected, but the distant booming of cannon told that a battle
was raging, and an order, requiring the division to which the
Fifteentli Avas attached to march immediately to Centreville,
was received at sunset, August 29tli. A forced march, of almost
the entire night and a portion of the next day, brouglit the
division to Centreville, in time to cover the retrogade move-
ment of the army towards Washington.
A reconnoissance in force was made September 1st, by the
division, but no enemy found. The same day the army was
withdrawn from Centreville, and at midnight the regiment,
composing a part of the rear guard, moved, reaching Fairfax
Court-house at sunrise, September 1st. The same night the
enemy atacked the rear guard, near Vienna, but were repulsed,
and the retreat to Arlington Heights successfully covered.
The Fifteenth was not under musketry fire in the skirmish of
September 1st, but lost several men by being taken prisoners.
September 2d, the Potomac was again crossed and the camp
established at Tonally town. September 5th, marched to Rock-
ville. September 6th, Camp Defiance was established, a short
distance beyond Rockville. Left Camp Defiance September
8th, in advance of the column, meeting with no obstruction
until reaching Hyattstown, where a body of the enemy's
cavalry was discovered. A few well directed shots soon dis-
persed the party, which proved to be merely scouts, and the
march was continued to Urbana.
The following day the city of Frederick was entered, already
occupied by our forces. Left Frederick September 14th , arriving
at South Mountain Pass on the night of the battle, relieving a
brigade at nine o'clock in the evening, who were resting where
they had ceased firing at the enemy upon the approach of night.
The next morning's sun revealed that the worsted enemy had
retired during the night, and pursuit was immediately com-
menced. Late at night, September 15th, the regiment reached
Keedysville, and bivouacked for the night. September 16th,
preparations for the impending battle were made, and the regi-
ment was ordered to be in readiness the next day. On the
morning of the memorable 17th, the great battle of Antietam
commenced, and at nine o'clock General Sumner's corps was
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ordered to tlic front, to follow up the success already achieved
by the troops under General Hooker. It has been the subject
of much remark, that troops never went into battle more cheer-
fully than did ours that morning, so confident were all that the
shattered enemy would be driven ere night across the river. At
half-past ten o'clock, the Fifteenth, in the front line of the
division, became engaged, and for twenty minutes sustained a
terrific fire from the enemy, at the expiration of which time the
disheartening order to fall back was given. We have neither
time, space, nor heart, to record in detail the disasters to the
Fifteenth on that day. It was repulsed in common with all
other regiments attached to the division. In the history of our
State we claim to be mentioned as having fought a good fight,
as an evidence of which we ask only that the list of casualties
occurring in the regiment that day may always be coupled with
the official report of the commanding officer. The record stands
thus : 24 officers and 582 non-commissioned officers and
privates went into the fight ; five officers were killed, six were
wounded, one of which number has since died ; 60 enlisted
men left dead on the field ; 248 wounded, 24 missing — total,
343 killed, wounded and missing. Included in this number is
the loss sustained by the Andrew Sharpshooters, which was
two officers, killed, eight non-commissioned officers and privates
killed, and seventeen wounded, one of whom has since died of
his wounds.
The national and State colors, hardly to be recognized as the
same once so bright and beautiful, were brought off in safety by
hands other than those who bore them into the fight, together
with a battle-flag of the enemy, since delivered at head-quarters,
army of the Potomac, by virtue of an order requiring that all
trophies be thus turned over. The enemy, held in check by
our artillery, did not follow up their success, and a stand was
made by the remnants of the regiments, which position was not
attacked by any force of infantry. On the night of the 18th,
the enemy evacuated, the terrible battle-field falling into our
hands the next morning.
Almost all of the wounded were found in and about a barn
near the field, where, as well cared for by the enemy as cir-
cumstances would permit, they impatiently awaited our arrival.
The robbed and disfigured bodies of our noble dead were laid
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by kind hands in tlio humble graves hastily dug and prepared
for their reception. September 2"2d, nothing loth to leave the
scene of carnage, the regiment marched from Sharpsburg to
Harper's Ferry, forded the Potomac, and occupied tlie same
ground as a camp left more than six months before. No move-
ment of any importance occurred during the month of October.
Occasional picket duty and drills were all tliat were required of
the troops. October 30th, camp was again broken, and the
advance into Virginia commenced. The line of march lay along
the east side of the Blue Ridge, occupying from day to day tlie
Passes or Gaps through which demonstrations on the part of the
&nemy might be expected. October 31st, Gregory's Gap was
occupied. November 1st, the advance reached Snicker's Gap.
No enemy appeared. November 2d, encountered the cavalry of
the enemy near Ashby's Gap. The regiment being at the head
of the column, was ordered to skirmish through a piece of
woodland, and to occupy a hill commanding the mountain road.
No resistance however was offered at our approach, and the hill
known as Fernue was taken without firing a shot. November
3d, the town of Paris and Ashby's Gap were occupied. Novem-
ber 5th, left Paris for Warrenton, marching by day, bivouacking
by night by the road-side. November 9th, entered Warrenton,
and encamped, where, November 10th, the regiment still
remains under marching orders.
In this report, hurriedly written, many interesting incidents
connected with the history of the regiment have been una-
voidably omitted. An exact statement of the gains and losses
of the regiment cannot be given, as at times all regimental
booksi, papers and accounts have been separated from the regi-
ment for weeks together. The loss in battle, given herein, may
be considered as accurate in aggregate, although many of the
wounded and missing in action have since died, or were ascer-
tained to be dead.
Three hundred and ninety-one recruits have been received
from the State.
One hundred and forty-six enlisted men have been discharged
for disability — thirty discharged by order. Forty-two have died
of disease ; forty-eight have deserted.
We have upon our rolls, this 10th day of November, twenty-
seven officers, seven hundred and ninety-six enlisted men, — •
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present and absent. Of this number, fifteen officers and three
hundred and forty-eight men are present.
It is proper to state, tliat one of two officers of tlie Company
of Sharpshooters killed at Antietam, was Captain John Saunders,
who raised and commanded the corps. In his loss Massachu-
setts lost a brave and noble-hearted soldier and citizen. His
body was brought home, and is buried among his kindred at
Salem.
The following is an abstract of the roster of this regiment: —
1 Colonel promoted Brigadier-General of Volunteers.
1 Lieutenant-Colonel promoted Colonel.
1 Major promoted Lieutenant-Colonel.
1 Surgeon dismissed the service.
1 Assistant-Surgeon promoted Surgeon.
1 Lieutenant-Colonel promoted Colonel 53d Regiment Massachusetts V. M.
1 Surgeon killed in battle.
2 Captains died.
1 Captain killed at battle of Ball's BluiF.
1 Captain promoted Lieutenant-Colonel 51st Regiment Massachusetts V. M.
1 Captain promoted Colonel 36th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers.
3 Captains promoted Majors.
2 First Lieutenants promoted Assistant Adjutant-Generals of Volunteers.
6 First Lieutenants promoted Captains.
4 First Lieutenants died of wounds.
11 Second Lieutenants promoted First Lieutenants.
1 Second Lieutenant killed.
1 Second Lieutenant promoted Captain.
1 Sergeant promoted Captain.
3 First Lieutenants and 1 Second Lieutenant have been taken from civilians.
12 Second Lieutenants from enlisted men.
32 Commissions have been made for this Regiment during the year 1862.
Head-Quarters Ist Brigade, 2d Div., 2d Corps, ]
Camp near Falmouth, Va., December 5, 1862. j
To His Excellency Governor Andrew, State of Massachusetts : —
Sir, — In answer to your "Circular" of the 17th ult., this day received,
I have the honor to make the following statement. During the month of
March, 1862, 1 took command of the First Minnesota Regiment, brigaded Avith
the Fifteenth Massachusetts and other regiments, under the command of Brig.
General. Gorman, at Berryville, Va., on their way to Winchester. We
marched to that place, returned to Harper's Ferry, and then marched to
Washington, where we took transports for Fort Monroe. From this point
we marched to Yorktown. The Fifteenth was then under the command of
Col. Dcvens. About this time he was promoted, and the command devolved
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upon Lieutenant-Colonel Kimball. I should have stated that a company of
Sharpshooters from your State, conmiatuled by the late Captain John Saunders,
hatf been attached to the Fifteenth. The regiment at that time was considered
one of the best in the service for discipline and military instruction, and on
picket duty; and, in some small skirmishes before the enemy's works at York-
town, I found it equal also to any regiment for courage. The brigade moved
from this place to West Point. The Fifteenth, with my regiment, were
present in time for the action there, and though not actually engaged, we were
on the field as a "reserve," and under fire. From here we marched with the
army to the Chickahominy, and arrived on the battle-field of Fair Oaks with
other troops of the division to which we belonged, in time to check the enemy,
who were just about turning the right flank of what remained of General
Casey's troops, and thereby we saved the day. In this fight I did not see the
Fifteenth, ray regiment being engaged far to their right, but all who did see it
spoke well of it. After our right and rear had been turned at Fair Oaks,
it became necessary to change our position, and fall back by the left to the
James River. As we were then the right of the line, we were the last to leave,
and during the retreat had more than our share of the fighting. On the
morning of the day it was decided to leave. General Gorman, commander of
our brigade, being too unwell to take the field, left with the wagon train.
The command of the brigade then devolved upon me. The following morning
at daybreak my artillery was moved — the rest of the brigade followed.
We had not gone over two miles when we found the enemy close upon us.
We therefore had to halt, and with other troops under General Sumner's
command, we checked the rebels and drove them back. This was at the battle
of Orchard Station, (or Peach Orchard.) It was, however, found that the
enemy in force were coming on our left and rear. We had, therefore, to fall
back rapidly to Savage Station, about two miles, and by the time we got our
batteries and troops in position, (these troops belonged to Sumner's corps,
of which we formed a part,) the enemy opened on us with great vigor. This
battle occupied all the afternoon and until after dark. About nine, P. M., we
received orders to continue our march back, our heavy artillery and wagons
having by this time got out of the enemy's reach. Fatigued as we were we
marched all that night, and by daylight reached the other side of the White
Oak Swamp. Here we again rested to allow the wagon train and artillery
to get out of the way. The enemy were soon upon us again, and we were in
the battle of White Oak Swamp. While this fight was going on, some corps
of our army in the rear and left were driven back by the enemy, and we had
to come back about a mile to their relief at " double-quick," and took part in
the battle of Nelson's Farm. Here we again succeeded in checking the enemy,
and keeping him in check, till night would allow us to withdraw and take up
our line of march. The next morning at daylight found us at Malvern Hill,
well worn down with fatigue. We rested but a few hours, when were again
called upon to fight the battle of Malvern Hill, and before daybreak next morn-
ing again we marched to Harrison's Landing. During all this march, and in these
fights, as I commanded the brigade, (General Gorman being absent sick,) and
the Fifteenth consequently under my immediate command, I can testify to their
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gallant ronduct in battle, and the cheerfiilnoss with which tliev endured the
extraordinary fatijjue. Abont a week after we had reached Harrison's
Landing, General Gorman, having recovered his health, returned from Balti-
more and took command of the brigade. We left Harrison's Landing,
marching to Fort Moni'oe, and without any accident reached Alexandria.
We afterwards marched out to Centreville to assist General Pope, and then
returned to the Potomac. At the battles of South INIountain and Antietam we
■were present. The loss of the Fifteenth Massachusetts in the last battle tells
the work they had to do, and I know they did it well. I was promoted at
Harper's Ferry, and took command of this brigade. Nothing remarkable
happened on our march down to this place. The Fifteenth, though greatly
reduced in numbers, are yet the same reliable regiment as before.
In your Circular you ask in regard to recommendations for the welfare
of our troops. In reply, let me urge upon your Excellency the great necessity
of keeping the ranks of the old regiments filled up, in preference to the raising
of new regiments. But few of the old regiments can muster under arms
much over two hundred men, and it is expected that they can do the duty of
a regiment a thousand strong. This disheartens the men, and moreover,
causes them to lose all pride as soldiers, when they see how small and insignifi-
cant in numbers their regiment appears on parade. I am sorry to say, I also
think that the oflicers, in a measure, become somewhat more careless in their
manner of doing their duty ; nor can the regiment be properly manoeuvred —
the companies are too small.
The Fifteenth Massachusetts, by their last morning report have 352
present here, 323 for duly. They report 780 "present and absent." (This
does not include the Sharpshooter company.) Thus, you see 428 oiEeers and
men are reported absent from their command. Of these absentees, 368 are
reported " absent sick." Many of them have been absent a long time. Now
it is my belief that many of these reported sick are able to join their regiments ;
and it is my belief, moreover, that many of them no doubt are better able to
do duty than others now in the field. Some of them can be found in many
of our hospitals north, doing duty as nurses, orderlies, &c. Their places can
be well filled by disabled men and old women. Others no doubt are skulking
and hiding. I do not speak of the Fifteenth Massachusetts as the only
regiment so afflicted. I know such is the case in all our army. Many
regiments are much worse off in this respect than the Fifteenth. In ray
brigade the last reports of the different regiments are as follows : — First
Minnesota — present, 408 ; present and absent, 785. Thirty-Fourth New York —
present, 405 ; present and absent, 669. Eighty-Second New York — present,
410; present and absent, 766. Nineteenth Maine — present, 819 ; present and
absent, 922. This last is a new i-egiment that joined us at Harper's Ferry
in October last. There is something wrong in all this. The government is
paying two men for the service of one. I would also state,- in addition,
my brigade, in this respect of absentees, is not near so badly off as many
others. I have, perhaps, made my statement more lengthy than you may
think necessary ; if so, excuse me. I regard this matter as one of the greatest
importance. It will be impossible for us to succeed in this war until our
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Nortlierii people reflect on the matter more seriously than they do. This is
no child's play we are at. It recpiires every man, thougli he may not be in
the army, to do all lie can to assist it. Why cannot laws be passed compelling
the police and municipal authorities to inquire into and see what persons in
their section of country and in the army are absent from it ? We have a great
many officers of the regular army on the retired list — many wounded officers
of the volunteer service — who might be put on duty as inspectors, (their
travelling expenses paid,) to visit the hospitals and different places, with
authority to arrest and turn over to civil authorities all skulkers from duty.
I have been informed, through enlisted men, that in some of our hospitals
a soldier can get his discharge by paying five dollars ; and, from the same
sources, I am also informed that at the " Convalescent Camp," at Alexandria,
there are many very great abuses that ought to be remedied — such as men
wishing to join their regiments in the field being obliged to run away from
there in order to do so. I cannot vouch for the truth of these reports, but I
think it would be well to have the matter looked into.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
Alfred Sully, Brigadier-General.
Washington, D. C, December 5, 1862.
To His Excellency Hon. John A. Andrew, Governor of the Commonwealth
of Massachusetts : —
Governor, — Tn compliance with your Circular of the 7th ultimo, I have
the honor to submit a brief report of the operations and actions of such
Massachusetts regiments as have been under my command.
On the 25th of February, 1862, I assumed command of the division previ-
ously commanded by Brigadier-General Stone, and at that time doing
important guard duty on the Upper Potomac. The Fifteenth, Nineteenth and
Twentieth Massachusetts Regiments formed a part of the division, and had for
the four previous months performed active and arduous duty in guarding the
river. The Fifteenth and Twentieth were engaged in the battle of Ball's
Bluff, and are reported to have behaved with great gallantry. On the 27th
of February the division was ordered to Harper's Ferry, to operate with Gen-
eral Banks in driving the enemy from the Shenandoah Valley. This having
been successfully accomplished, without a general engagement, the division
was ordered to Washington, to form part of the army of the Potomac, then
embarking for the Peninsula.
We landed at Hampton, Va., March 30th, 1862, and on the 5th of
April found the enemy strongly intrenched around Yorktown. The siege
lasted thirty days, and although no brilliant action was fought, skirmishing and
picket warfare were carried on the whole time. In one of these skirmishes
the gallant Captain Bartlett, of the Twentieth Massachusetts, lost his leg.
After the evacuation of Yorktown the division formed a part of the expe-
dition under General Franklin, ordered up the York river to seize the railroad
at West Point. The enemy having attempted to interrupt the landing, the
Nineteenth and Twentieth were engaged in the brIUIant skirmish, in which
the enemy was repulsed.
182 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
On the 31st of May, the Fifteenth and Twentieth were engaged in tlie great
battle of Fair Oaks. The Fifteenth, as a part of Gorman's Brigade, made a
brilliant bayonet charge, which routed and drove the enemy from that portion
of the field, and there we bivouacked. The next morning the enemy renewed
the attack, but principally on Richardson's Division, and these regiments were
but partially engaged. During this time the Nineteenth was doing important
duty in guarding the bridges across the Chickahominy.
From this time until the commencement of the movement on James River,
no action was fought, but the troops were constantly engaged in reconnois-
sances, skirmishes, picket duty, and labor of the most arduous kind.
On the 30th of June we commenced the march to James River. This was
a series of battles and combats the whole distance. In the morning the
Twentieth, temporarily attached to Burns's Brigade, was warmly engaged at
Allen's Farm with a superior force, and behaved most handsomely.
In the evening the battle at Savage's Station was fought, in which the
Fifteenth, Nineteenth and Twentieth were all engaged, repulsing the enemy
at every point.
After a long night's march across White Oak Swamp, the next day found
the same regiments at Glendale, (Nelson's Farm,) engaged with the enemy at
close quarters for three hours, routing and driving them from the field.
Another night march, and at daylight they were at Malvern Hill, ready for
action. After this day's hard fight, another night march brought them to
Harrison's Landing.
During all this, — marching by night, fighting by day, without rest and short
of rations, — no troops ever behaved better.
On the 3d of August these regiment formed part of the force which, under
General Hooker, re-took and held Malvern Hill.
On the 16th of August the evacuation 'of the Peninsula was commenced.
The division marched, via Yorktown, to Newport News ; embarked for Alex-
andria ; landed the 29th of August ; marched to Chain Bridge ; returned to
Alexandria; then marched to Centreville, to the relief of General Pope's army.
After its retreat on Washington, the division formed a part of the army
under General McClellan, ordered in pursuit of Lee, then invading Maryland.
On the 15th of September the enemy was found, strongly posted in the passes
of South Mountain, from which he was driven with great loss.
On the 17th, near Sharpsburg, was fought the battle of Antletam, where
these regiments (now greatly reduced in numbers) were in the hottest of the
fight, as their list of killed and wounded testifies. As I was wounded early in
the action, I had no opportunity of seeing them, and have not seen tlie reports
of the brigadiers, but have no reason to believe their conduct dilferent from
that of all other occasions.
Since that the division has marched to Harper's Ferry and Warrenton, and
is now in front of Fredericksburg.
I have already forwarded, through the military channels, a list of officers
and soldiers who were distinguished for gallantry and good conduct, recom-
mending them for promotion, and I would again commend to your Excellency
Colonel Lee, of the Twentieth, Colonel Ilinks, of the Nineteenth, Lieutenant-
1863.] HOUSE— No. Sf. 183
Colonel Kimball, of the Fifh'onth, and Lieutenant-Colonel Palfrey, of the
Twenlicth. Great credit is due to those officers for the splendid condition in
which tlu'se regiments took the field. The Fifteenth and Nineteenth are, in
my opinion, fully equal to any two in the service. The Twentieth was badly
cut up at Ball's Bluff. Many officers were wounded and taken prisoners, and
the regiment thereby deprived of their services.
I have, on two occasions, strongly recommended the appointment of Colonel
Hinks as Brigadier-Cieneral. 'He disciplined and brought into the field one of
the finest regiments, and has been twice wounded while gallantly leading it in
battle. I again urge the appointment, and respectfully ask your Excellency's
favorable endorsement.
I trust your Excellency will not think me presumptuous in offering a
suggestion in regard to promotions and appointments. The system, which
seems to have been adopted and carried out to a limited extent, of promoting
officers who, by their gallantry and good conduct, have merited it, is an
excellent one, and I would not confine these promotions to their own regi-
ments. I think it adds to an officer's usefulness to place him in a regiment in
which he has no acquaintances ; and this holds good to a greater degree in
promotions from the ranks.
I would also call your attention to the importance of filling np the old
regiments. Recruits, sent to these, learn their duties and become acquainted
with the details of camp life much sooner, whilst they impart life and vigor to
the old soldiers.
I have the honor to be, very respectfully.
Your Excellency's obedient servant,
John Sedgwick, Major-General Volunteers.
Head-Quarters 2d Brigade, 3d Division, 6th Corps, \
NEAR Falmouth, Va., Dec. 20, 1862. \
His Excellency John A. Andrew, Governor of the Commonwealth of Mass. :
Sir, — Your letter of Nov. 7th, enclosing a Circular issued by your order of
date of Nov. 5th, was received by me early this month, but I trust the stirring
events which have occurred in this army will be my excuse with your Excel-
lency for any seeming delay in my reply.
The Fifteenth Massachusetts Regiment was commanded by me as Colonel
in the battle of Ball's Bluff in October, 1861, in several skirmishes in the
Yalley of Virginia during the month of March, 1862, and during most of the
siege of Yorktown, I having been transferred from it just before the close of
operations there. Since that time it has participated in all the important
battles of Virginia and Maryland, and on all occasions it has behaved with
the most distinguished gallantry and determination. Called upon both at
Ball's Bluff and at Antietam, where it was commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel
(now Colonel) Kimball, to endure the terrific loss of more than one-half of
its men engaged, it exhibited a courage and fidelity more than worthy of vet-
eran troops, for it was worthy of the holy cause which had drawn its men
from their peaceful homes.
Having taken command of this brigade during the latter portion of the
184 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
operations ajrainst Yorktown, the Seventh Massachusetts and the Tenth Mas-
sachusetts came under my command as a portion of the brigade.
At the battle of Williamsburg, May 5th, the Seventh Massachusetts was
under fire for the first time, and engaged with the enemy on the left of our
line, losing several men. The Tenth Massachusetts was in reserve, and not
actively engaged.
In moving up the Peninsula, the first passage of the Cbickahominy was
made by the left wing of the army, under Brigadier (now Major) General
Keyes, and the Seventh Massachusetts was the first regiment to cross, with a loss
of several men ; and the same night, the Seventh and Tenth Massachusetts,
w-ith one or two other regiments from other brigades formed an improvised
brigade under my command, and held the Richmond side of the Cbicka-
hominy during the night, and until the afternoon of the next day, when the
crossing of the left wing was effected.
At the battle of Fair Oaks, May 31st, the Seventh and Tenth Massachu-
setts were both actively engaged, but the Seventh was in a far less exposed
position than the Tenth, and suffered much less severely. After the line to
the left of it had been broken, the Tenth Massachusetts was forced back in
some confusion, but (the colonel having been carried from the field wounded,
and the other field oflicers being absent,) it was again re-formed under my
own immediate supervision, by Captain Ozra Miller, the senior captain, and
twice again led forward, displaying the greatest gallantry, and materially
checking the progress of the enemy on this portion of the field.
Having been disabled at the battle of Fair Oaks, I did not command the
brigade during the subsequent six weeks, but have, on undoubted authority^
that the Seventh and Tenth both participated with the greatest credit in the
battles of the seven days' retreat of the army to Harrison's Landing, more
especially in that of Malvern, in which action, as at Fair Oaks, the Tenth
was more exposed and suffered more severely than the Seventh.
At the battle of JMalvern, the Tenth was commanded by Major (formerly
Captain) Miller, who fell mortally wounded at its head.
In any allusion that your Excellency may make to the heroic dead of Mas-
sachusetts, I know of no one more worthy to be mentioned by name, than
Major Ozra Miller of the Tenth Massachusetts. Accepting the command of
his regiment under the circumstances I have stated at Fair Oaks, he proved
himself fully equal to It during the most trying scenes of that day. Dying at
the head of his regiment only a month later at Malvern, he had lived long
enough to Inspire both those below and those above him in rank with unqual-
ified respect for his stern courage, his lofty patriotism, and his unswerving
fidelity to duty.
The regiments composing this brigade being among the last to embark
from Yorktown, after the retreat of the army down the Peninsula, did not
arrive In time to take part In the battles In front of Washington at the end
of August, although marched directly from the boats at Alexandria towards
Fairfax, without waiting even to disembark the horses of the mounted officers.
On the day of the battle of Antietam the brigade marched twenty miles,
reaching the field at nightfall, and were next day put in the fiont line, but
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3. 186
the battle not being renewed, only the skirmishers and sharpshooters oi our
line were engaged.
On the fifth day of October, the Thirty-Seventh Massachusetts, tnen Iresh
from ]\Iassachusetts, was added to the regiments of this brigade, but the
brigade, with the exception of some slight afliiirs on the Upper Potomac, has
not been in action until the passage of the liappahannock on Thursday the
11th inst., when this brigade, including these regiments, formed the advance
of the left wing of the army ; and crossing the river at sunset, and driving
back the outposts of the enemy, it held the bridges until the next morning,
when the main body crossed.
On Friday the 12tli inst., and on Saturday the 13th inst., it was under very
heavy artillery fire. On Monday it was in the front line of battle, and on
Monday night, learning that we were about to evacuate, I had so much
confidence in this brigade and the Massachusetts troops which form a large
portion of it, that I asked that it might be the last brigade to recross, and it was
accordingly designated with the brigade of Colonel Lorbert of New Jersey,
for this purpose. Throughout all these operations, the courage, earnestness,
and fidelity of the Seventh, Tenth, and Thirty-Seventh Massachusetts could
not be exceeded.
I have stated very hurriedly and briefly what the Massachusetts regiments
under my command have done, because their deeds are their best eulogy.
The commanding officers of the regiments will undoubtedly furnish, in
answer to the Circular of November 5th, in detail, the military history (so
desirable to be preserved) of their respective corps, and I shall take great
pleasure in calling their attention to its importance.
In conclusion, I cannot but express the sincere gratification and pride that
every citizen must feel in the noble troops the State of Massachusetts has fur-
nished, in this tremendous struggle against a rebellion, whose wantonness and
wickedness find no parallel in history. Fully aware of their deep respon-
sibilities in girding on the sword for the defence of the country, submitting
cheerfully to the hai'dships incident to their situation, always obedient to the
just and necessary (although often irksome) restraints of military life, in the
hour of trial, " no dangers fright them and no labors tire."
I have the honor to be
Your Excellency's obedient servant,
Chas. Devens, Jr., Brigadier-General U. S. Volunteers.
Head-Quarters 2d Division, 2d Corps, >
Falmouth, Va., Nov. 20, 1862. j
Sir, — Having received a Circular from you, dated Nov. 7th, 1862, I can
cheerfully and readily reply that I have had Massachusetts regiments under
my command for the last few months, and that they have won my complete
confidence. The Fifteenth, the Nineteenth and Twentieth are regiments
that your State and our country have reason to be proud of. I have found
them well disciplined, with arms in good order, efficient on outpost duty,
steady and perfectly reliable in action. For myself, I state it with perfect
sincerity, I ask no better troops.
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186
ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
[Jan.
As to any suggestion to " promote the efficiency and welfore of Massachu-
setts soldiers," I will only say, that it is of the first importance to her regiments
to fill them up and keep them full, as nearly as possible ; to promote from
those in the field mostly for good conduct in service, and in cases where this is
not practicable, to jjromote by seniority, as in the regular army ; and moreover
to hold the lieutenancies open to sergeants, according to their seniority. For
example, in a regiment, let the sergeant-major take the first vacancy of second
lieutenant, the colonel filling his place by the ranking first sergeant. This
sergeant will fill the second vacancy of second lieutenant, and so on. Where
this rule of promotion has been observed by some regiments under my com-
SIXTEENTH REGIMENT.
NAMES.
Date of Commis-
sions.
Powell T. Wyman,
George A. Meacham,
Daniel S. Lamson, .
Charles C. Jewett, .
Edward A. Whiston,
Arthur B. Fuller, .
Waldo Merriam,
Edward M. Livermore,
Thomas R. Tannatt,
George King, .
Daniel S. Lamson,
Gardner Banks,
Waldo Merriam,
Gardner Banks,
Gardner Banks,
Waldo Merriam,
Samuel W. Richardson,
Samuel W. Richardson,
James M. Mason,
Leander G. King,
Patrick S. Proctor,
John Wiley, 2d,
Charles R. Johnson,
Thomas O'Hare,
Gardner Banks,
Henry T. Lawson,
Henry C. Lindley,
Matthew Donovan,
Cassander Flagg,
William A. Amory,
Samuel McKeever, .
William A. Amory,
William H. n. Hinds,
Matthew Donovan, .
James R. Darracott,
Charles H. Mayo, .
Colonel, .
Lieut. Colonel, .
Major,
Surgeon, .
Assistant-Surgeon,
Chaplain, .
First Lieut., (Adj't,)
" " (Quart'r,)
Colonel, .
Assistant-Surgeon,
Lieut. Colonel,
Major,
u
Lieut. Colonel,
Colonel,
Lieut. Colonel,
Major,
Captain, .
First Lieutenant,
July
13, 1861,
13, "
Aug.
a
u
((
a
July
14,
1862,
Au2.
14,
((
July
23,
((
Sept.
Nov.
Aug.
Sept.
July
Aug.
23,
30, "
30, "
28, «
28, «
28, "
1, 1861,
1, "
1, "
1, "
1, "
1, "
1, "
1, "
1, "
1, "
27, "
23, 1862,
6, «
1, 1861,
1, "
1, "
1, "
1, "
1, "
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187
mand, generally placing new officers in companies to which they did not
originally belong, it has been found to increase the discipline to a remarkable
extent. Promotions that are made, as they are in some States, tlirough
favoritism and political influence at home, are exceedingly disheartening and
demoralizing.
Should your Excellency have any specific inquiries to make of mo as an
officer, I will answer them with pleasure, to the extent of my knowledge.
I am, sir, very respectfully.
Your obedient servant,
O. O. Howard, Brigadier- General,
SIXTEENTH BEGIMENT.
Boston, .
Cambridge,
Weston, .
Holliston,
Framingham,
Watertown,
Boston, .
Cambridge,
Salem,
Franklin,
Weston, .
Boston, .
Cambridge,
a
Milford, .
Groton, .
Lowell, .
South Reading.
Lexington,
Lowell, .
Boston, .
Newton, .
Watertown,
Lowell, .
Holliston,
W. Roxbury,
Cambridge,
W. Roxbury,
Groton, .
Lowell, .
Boston, .
Roxbury,
July 22, 1862.
July 7, 1862.
Sept. 29, 1862.
July 5, 1862.
Sept. 27, 1861.
Dec. 28, 1862.
Aug. 10, 1862.
Nov. 9, 1861.
Aug. 10, 1862.
Killed in battle, near Richm'd, June 30, '62.
Promoted Lieut. Colonel, July 23, 1862.
[Dec. 10, '62.
Kill'd at Fredericks'g, Dec. 10, '62. Resign'd
Promoted Major, Sept. 30, 1862.
App'd Colonel 14th Reg't, Nov. 28, 1862.
Promoted Lieut. Colonel, Sept. 30, 1862.
" ' " Nov. 28, "
" Colonel, Nov. 28, 1862.
Promoted Major, Nov. 28, 1862
Promoted Major, July 23, 1862.
Disch'd by sentence Ct. Mart'l, Nov. 2.5, '61.*
Promoted Captain, July 6, 1862.
Promoted Captain, Sept. 27, 1861,
Killed in battle.
* Eestored to rank and command, Special Order No. 338, December 26, 1861 .
188 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
Sixteenth Regiment — Continued.
[Jan.
NAMES.
Date of Commis-
sions.
Alexander J. Dallas,
William A. Smith, .
John B. Brown,
Stephen E. Messerve,
Frank W. Hilton, .
William A. Smith, .
George H. Howard,
Francis P. H. Rogers,
Charles F. Copeland,
William Metealf,
David Roche, .
James Oliver, .
Otis Hoyt,
Jonas F. Capelle,
Joseph H. Chase,
Joseph S. Hills,
George H. Howard,
Cassander Flagg,
William Metealf,
David Roche, .
James Oliver, .
Pay son E. Tucker,
James B. Thompson,
Francis P. H. Rogers,
Lothrop Wight,
Frank W. Hilton,
John Eaton, .
Joseph S. Hills,
James E. Sharp,
Otis Hoyt,
Hiram B. Banks,
Maurice Roche,
Joseph H. Chase,
Jonas F. Capelle,
George S. Evans,
Thomas J. Langley,
George F. Brown, .
Benjamin A. Bridges,
Matthias S. Foster, Jr.,
Hugh Boyd, .
First Lieutenant,
Second Lieutenant,
Aug.
Aug. 1,
1,
1,
1,
Sept. 28,
Nov. 4,
10,
Mar. 1,
July 17,
6,
June 26,
Aug. 11,
11,
29,
11,
11,
1,
1,
1,
1,
1,
1,
1,
1,
1,
1,
Sept. 28,
Nov. 10,
26,
Mar. 1,
April 10,
July 23,
6,
June 26,
Aug. 11,
11,
11,
11,
Sept. 20,
29,
1861,
1862,
1861,
1862,
The Sixteenth Regiment was recruited at Camp " Cameron,"
Cambridge, and was composed in great part of Middlesex
County men. It left the Commonwealth for the seat of war
August 17th, 1861, under command of Colonel Powell T.
Wyman, a graduate of West Point, and a most accomplished
oflficcr. When the rebellion broke out he was in Europe, but
immediately returned to Massachusetts, and tendered his
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Sixteenth Regiment — Continued.
189
Bcsldence.
Discharged.
Eemarks.
Cambridge,
Waltham,
Nov. 4, 180L
-
Ipswich, .
-
- -
Watertown,
Aug. 10, 1862.
_ -
((
Jan. 11, 1863.
_ _
Waltham,
Feb. 28, 1862.
- -
Cambridge,
Aug. 10, "
_ _
Waltham,
.
Killed in battle.
Boston, .
_
_ -
Westford,
Dec. 28, 1862.
- -
Lowell, .
_ _
_ _
South Reading
- -
- -
Waltham,
- _
_ _
Lexington,
— _
_ _
Hollistou,
_ _
_ -
Boston, .
_ _
— -
Cambridge,
Promoted 1st Lieut., Nov. 10, 1861.
HoUiston,
Captain, July 23, 1862.
Westford,
" 1st Lieut., " 6, "
Lowell, .
« " June 26, "
South Reading
« " Aug. 11, "
Cambridge,
Sept. 19, 1862.
-
Lowell, .
Nov. 4, "
- -
Waltham,
• • •
Promoted 1st Lieut., March 1, 1862.
Framingham,
Disch'd by sentence Ct. Mart'l, Nov. 25, '61.
Watertown,
•
Promoted 1st Lieut., Sept. 28, 1861.
South Reading
, Mar. 31, 1862.
_ —
Boston, .
Promoted 1st Lieut., Sept. 29, 1862.
Watertown,
_ _
— -
Waltham,
.
Promoted 1st Lieut., Aug. 11, 1862.
Killed in battle.
Charlestown,
_ _
_ _
Holliston,
. .
Promoted 1st Lieut., Aug. 11, 1862.
Lexington,
u u u W u
Groton, .
_ _
— ~
Cambridge,
_ _
_ _
Waltham,
_ _
_ -
Holliston,
_ _
_ _
Waltham,
_ _
_
Lowell, .
— —
~ ~
services to your Excellency, which were accepted. He was
placed in command of the Sixteenth, into which he infused an
admirable spirit, and made it one of the best disciplined in the
service.
The following meagre sketch of the regiment since it left the
Commonwealth, is from a return made to this office by Major
Merriam, dated Warrenton Junction, Ya., November 12th.
190 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
First. — CAMPS OCCUPIED.
July, 1861, Camp Cameron, Cambridge, Mass.
August 19th, 1861, Camp McClellan, Baltimore, Md.
September 1st, 1861, Camp Hamilton, Old Point Comfort, Va.
May 8th, 1862, Camp at Gosport Navy Yard.
May 17th, 1862, Camp at Suffolk, Ya.
June 12 th, 1862, Camp at Fair Oaks, Ya.
July 6th, 1862, Camp at Harrison's Landing, Ya.
August 2-lth, 1862, Camp at Alexandria, Ya.
August 26th, 1862, Camp at Warrenton Junction, Ya.
September 3d, 1862, Camp near Fort Lyon, Alexandria, Ya.
September 6th, 1862, Camp Fairfax Seminary, Alexandria, Ya.
November 4th, 1862, Camp Manassas Junction, Ya.
November 6th, 1862, Camp at Bristow Station, Ya.
November 8th, 1862, Camp at Warrenton Junction, Ya.
Second. — battles engaged in.
Fair Oaks, June 18th, 25th, and 28th.
Glendale, June 29th.
Malvern, July 1st and 8th.
Kettle Run, August 27th.
Bull Run, August 29th and 30th.
Chantilly, September 1st.
Third. — killed, wounded, and missing.
June 8th, skirmish at Fair Oaks :
Killed — officers, 2 ; enlisted men, 5.
Wounded — enlisted men, 57.
June 25th, skirmish extending pickets :
Killed — enlisted men, 8.
Wounded — officers, 1 ; enlisted men, 18.
Missing — enlisted men, 5.
June 30th, and July 1st, battles of Glendale and Malvern :
Killed — officers, 1 ; enlisted men, 3.
Wounded — officers, 2 ; enlisted men, 22.
Missing — enlisted men, 32.
August 8th, second battle of Malvern:
Wounded — enlisted men, 8.
August 27th, Kettle Run, none lost.
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August 29tli and 30tli, battle of Bull Run :
Killed — officers, 2 ; enlisted men, 3.
Wounded — officers, 4 ; enlisted men, 60.
Missing — officers, 1; enlisted men, 40.
Making a total in all of 13 officers and 251 men killed,
wounded and missing. Accidental deaths, 2 ; discharged for
disability, 81 ; died of disease, 23 ; died of wounds received in
action, 15 ; Number of desertions since organization, 25.
The regiment has suffered much since entering upon active
service in June last. A comparison of to-day's report with
that of August 16th, the date of leaving Massachusetts, shows :
August 16th, 1861, total present — 34 commissioned officers ;
934 enlisted men.
November 12th, 1862, total present — 25 commissioned
officers ; 463 enlisted men.
November 12th, 1862, absent, sick and wounded — 11 com-
missioned officers ; 383 enlisted men.
Number of recruits at present required — 110
The loss of a valued Colonel and the many changes among
the commissioned officers, coupled with the hard work and
hard fighting the men have been called upon to do, have
wrought a great change in the splendidly equipped regiment
which started from Boston.
The regiment is at present attached to Carr's Brigade,
Sickles's Division, and is stationed as part of a provisional
brigade, under command of Colonel Blaisdell, of the Massa-
chusetts Eleventh.
The Sixteenth was engaged as skirmishers at the battle of
Fredericksburg, Virginia, December 14th, in which it lost 2
killed, 14 wounded, and 1 missing. The regiment is now at
Falmouth, Ya., army of the Potomac.
Colonel Wyman was shot through the head while leading his
regiment to a charge upon the enemy, and, it is reported, fell
dead from his horse, on the 30th of June. His body was
afterwards recovered and brought home and buried at Mount
Auburn.
In this regiment were two brothers of Major-General N. P.
Banks, one of whom, Gardner Banks, is now its Colonel,
having risen to that position, by his bravery and military skill,
192 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
from Captain, which rank lie held when the regiment left the
State. Another brother, Lieutenant Hiram B. Banks, was killed
at the battle of Chantill3\ His body has never been recovered.
The following is an abstract of the roster : —
1 Colonel killed in battle near Richmond, June 30, 1862.
1 Major promoted Lieutenant-Colonel.
1 Chaplain killed at Fredericksburii;, December 10, 1862.
1 Colonel transferred to Fourteenth Regiment Heavy Artillery.
2 Majors promoted Lieutenant-Colonels.
1 Lieutenant-Colonel promoted Colonel.
2 Captains promoted Majors.
1 First Lieutenant promoted Major.
2 First Lieutenants promoted Captains.
2 First Lieutenants killed in battle.
1 Second Lieutenant promoted Captain.
10 Second Lieutenants promoted First Lieutenants.
1 Second Lieutenant discharged by sentence of Court Martial.
1 Second Lieutenant killed in battle.
12 Second Lieutenants have been taken from enlisted men.
2 Second Lieutenants have been taken from civilians.
22 Commissions have been made for this regiment during the year 1862.
Head-Quarters, Norfolk, Va., )
December 3, 1862. f
To His Excellency John A. Andrew, Governor of Massachusetts : —
Governor — I have received your communication of the 7th instant,
asking an expression of my opinion regarding the Massachusetts troops with
which I have been acquainted during the course of the war. In reply I will
state, that of the thirty-two regiments and batteries that have been under my
immediate command since the breaking out of the war, three of them have
been from the State of Massachusetts, viz., the Sixteenth, Twenty-Eighth and
Twenty-Ninth Regiments. The Sixteenth, Colonel Wyman, was with me in
the advance upon this place, and although no resistance was oifered to our
occupation of the city, yet a problem remained to be solved in connection with
the Merrimac, which was lying in the Elizabeth River, as formidable as on the
day she startled the country by her exploits in Hampton Roads.
I ordered the Sixteenth Massachusetts immediately to cross the river, seize
and occupy Portsmouth, thus cutting off all supplies in case she failed to ascend
the James River. The movement was successful, and its consequence the
abandonment and destruction of their vessel. Subsequently I ordered the
Sixteenth to occupy and hold Suffolk, from which point it was sent with other
reinforcements to the army before Richmond, where its gallant Colonel fell at
the head of his regiment. This regiment was well drilled, well equipped, well
disciplined, and well officered. There was no better officer in the service than
Colonel Wyman.
The Twenty-Eighth Regiment formed a portion of my command in the
investment of Fort Pulaski, Georgia. You are aware that this was accom-
plished by seizing and occupying with heavy artillery, in the face of the enemy,
18G3.] HOUSE— No. 3. 193
the swamp islands in the Savannah lliver, attendant witli eircum.stanccs of
frost, exposure, and labor, which nothinjf but the most indomitable and patriotic
zeal of the troops could have overcome. The Twenty-Eighth Massachusetts
llegiment always responded with cheerful alacrity to any call that was made
upon it. It has since had other opportunities of distinguishing itself
Tlie Twenty-Ninth llegiment ibrmcd a portion of my command here, from
the time of the occupation of Norfolk, until it was also sent to reinforce the
Army of the Potomac. There its Colonel (Pierce) lost an arm while leading
his regiment to victory. The Twenty-Eighth and Twenty-Ninth were well
equipped, and of excellent material.
I ought also to speak of the regiment under my command, now known as
the Ninety-Ninth New York, which was largely recruited and officered prin-
cipally from Massachusetts, as a portion of what was called the Naval Brigade.
Its commander, Colonel Wardrop, and Major (Bates) are both from Boston.
They are brave and gallant officers, and if there are better fighting men in
the army than compose this regiment, I have yet to see them.
Other regiments from Massachusetts have come under my notice, but not
under my immediate command. Among them was the First Massachusetts
Cavalry, at Port Royal — a most superior regiment in equipment, drill, and
discipline.
It may not be out of place for me to add my testimony to the deep and
constant interest exhibited by the authorities of Massachusetts toward the
troops from that State. Truly yours,
Egbert L. Yielk, Brigadier-General.
Head-Quarters, 8th Army Corps, }
Baltimore, Md., Nov. 25, 1862. \
To His Excellency John A. Andrew, Governor of Massachusetts : —
Sir, — I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your Excellency's
letter of the 7th instant, requesting an expression of my opinion of the Mas-
sachusetts troops which have served under me, since the commencement of the
present war.
In reply. It affords me sincere pleasure to state, that the Massachusetts
troops which served under me in the Department of Virginia, viz. : the
Sixteenth Infantry, Colonel Wyman, the Twenty-Ninth Infantry, Colonel
Pierce, and Captains Davis and Nims's Batteries of Light Artillery, as also the
Thirty-Eighth Infantry, Colonel Ingraham, which served in my present
command, are all entitled to the highest praise for the good conduct, and the
•willingness and ability in the performance of every duty, which characterized
officers and soldiers, I might say almost without exception.
During my long military experience, I have commanded no soldiers more
brave or more obedient than the gallant soldiers of Massachusetts ; and I trust
that the honorable name which your glorious State has gained for the part she
has taken In our gigantic struggle for national independence, may stand as an
example of true, unselfish patriotism in the grateful memories of the coming
generations.
With my heart's best wishes for the success of our holy cause, I am Massa-
chusetts' true friend, and Your Excellency's most obedient servant,
John E. Wool, Major- General.
25
194 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
SEVENTEENTH REGIMENT.
[Jan.
K A M E S .
Date of Commis-
sions.
Thomas J. C. Amory,
John F. Fellows,
Jones Frankle,
Isaac F. Galloupe, .
William H. W. Hinds,
William D. Haley, .
Barnabus N. Mann,
Levi P. Thompson, .
Charles G. A. Eayrs,
William P. Colby, .
David F. Brown,
Sidney C. Bancroft,
Nehemiah P. Fuller,
George H. Morrill, .
Michael C. McNamara,
Luther Day, .
George W. Kenney,
John K. Lloyd,
Thomas Weir, .
Joseph R. Simonds,
Enoch F. Tompkins,
Levi P. Thompson, .
Henry Splain, .
William W. Smith, .
Ivoiy N. Richardson,
Thomas W. Foster, .
Robert B. Bancroft,
William W. Smith, .
Jere. A. Greeley, .
Plenry Splain, .
Enoch F. Tompkins,
George W. Tufts, .
John S. Hammond,
Michael Burns,
Ivory N. Richardson,
William H. Turner,
Ruel B. Pray,
John E. Mallally, .
Robert Harris,
Edward T. Parkinson,
Henry A. Cheever,
James Maroney,
Archibald Bogle,
Thomas F. Newton,
Ezekiel F. JNIann, .
Charles O. Fellows,
Henry Poor, .
Thomas W. Goodwin,
John E. Mallally, .
Ruel B. Pray,
Benjamin F. Chesley,
Colonel,
Lieut. Colonel, .
Major,
Surgeon, .
Assistant-Surgeon,
Chaplain, .
First Lieut., (Adj't,)
" " (Quart'r,)
Assistant-Surgeon,
Chaplain, .
Captain, .
First Lieutenant,
Second Lieutenant,
Sept. -2
Aug. 21
1
21
21
Sept. 6
Aug. 21
21
16
Sept. 2
Aug. 21
21
21
21
21
21
21
21
21
21
Dec. 19
Jan. 9
31
July 3
Sept. 25
Aug. 21
21
21
21
21
21
21
21
21
21
Oct. 28
Dec. 19
13
Jan. 9
9
Feb. 20,
Jan. 31
May 28
July 3
Aug. 13
13
Sept. 25
Aug. 21
21
21
21
ISGl,
18G2,
1861,
1862,
1861,
1862,
1861,
1863.]
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195
SEVSNTJSENTH REGIMENT.
Eesideiice.
Disclinrged.
«
Bcmarks.
Boston, .
Chelsea, .
-
-
_ _
Haverhill,
-
-
-
]jynn,
-
-
_ _
Boston, .
_
_
_ _
Bochester,
.
Besigned.
Chelsea, .
-
_
_ _
Cambridge,
Promoted Captain, Jan. 9, 1862.
Lowell, .
-
-
_ _
Amesbury,
_
_
_ _
Newburypoi't, .
Jan. 30,
1862.
_ _
South Dan vers,
Dec. 18,
1861.
_ _
Danvers, .
-
_
_ _
Salisbury,
Jan. S,
1862.
_ _
Haverhill,
-
-
-
Danvers, .
I
I
Boston, .
-
-
_ _
Lawrence,
Dism'd hy sentence Ct. Mart'l, July 5.
Melrose^ .
-
-
_ _
Haverhill,
—
_
_ _
u
Sept. 20,
1862,
Died.
Danvers, .
_
_
_ _
Maiden, .
—
_
_ _
"Newburyport, .
Jan. 8,
1862.
_ _
South Danvers,
Dec. 12,
1861.
_ _
Danvers, .
.
Promoted Captain, July 3, 1862.
Salisbury,
-
-
_ _
Haverhill,
.
Promoted Captain, Jan. 31, 1862.
li
.
.
Dec. 19, 1861.
Rockport,
Died at Baltimore, Oct. 27, "
Boston, .
May 15,
1862,
By order of General Burnside.
Lawrence,
Jan. 17,
u
See Sp. Order, No. 36, resig'n file>17th Reg.
Maiden, .
Promoted Captain, Sept. 25, 1862.
Haverhill,
_
_
_ _
Danvers, .
Aug. 9,
1862.
_ _
South Danvers,
_
_ _
Haverhill,
_
_
_ _
West Eoxbury,
_
_
_ '_
Chelsea, .
_
_
_ _
Haverhill,
—
_
_ _
Melrose, .
_
_
_ _
Haverhill,
Aug. 12,
1862.
_ _
Boston, .
_
_ _
Chelsea, .
_
_
_ _
Stoughton,
_
_
_ _
Newburyport, .
Feb. 8,
1862.
- -
South Danvers,
Promoted 1st Lieut., Dec. 13, 1861.
Danvers, .
a 19^ u
Haverhill,
Dec. 27,
1861.
- -
190
ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
Seventeenth Regiment — Continued.
[Jan.
NAMES.
•
Rank.
Date of Commis-
sions.
James Maroney, ....
Second Lieutenant, .
Aug. 21, 18G1,
William H. Turner,
21, "
Alfred M. Channell,
21, "
llobert W. j\le Court,
21, "
Arehibald Bo<j;le,
21, "
Henry ^V. Ofiver, .
21, "
Thomas F. Newton,
Oct. 28, "
Ezekiel F. Mann, .
Nov. 3, "
Henry Poor, .
Dec. 19, "
Charles 0. Fellows,
13, "
Edward T. Parkinson,
Jan. 11, 1802,
Thomas R. Keen an.
Feb. 10, "
James Splain, .
Jan. 31, "
George T. Russell, .
Feb. 19, "
Charles Morse,
20, "
Horace Dextei-,
9, "
Linus B. Comins, Jr.,
May 28, "
Henry T. Merrill, .
July 3, "
Andrew Cook,
Aug. 13, "
John B. Hill, .
13, "
Philip C Mason,
Joseph W. Day.
Sept. 25, "
30, "
This is one of tlie few regiments from which I have received
no answer to the circular letter which I addressed to each of
the regiments and batteries. I therefore have to depend on
my memory, and such data in regard to the regiment as I find
in tliis office, to write its services.
The regiment was recruited at Lynnfield, and was composed
of eight companies from Essex County, one from Middlesex,
and one from Suffolk. It left the Commonwealth on the 23d
of August, 1861, and was stationed for several months at Balti-
mor*e, IMd. In the fall of 1861, six companies, by orders from
Major-Goiieral Dix, then in command of the Department of
Mai-ylaiid, proceeded to Accomac County, Va., to suppress cer-
tain rebel dcmoDsti-ations, that were there being made. They
accomplished tlie ])urpose for which they were sent, in a gallant
and acce|)tablc manner, and returned again to their old camp in
the neighborhood of Daltimore, wliere the regiment remained
until the spring of the present year, when it received orders to
join Major-General Foster's command at Newbern, North Caro-
lina, in which it has remained ever since.
1863.]
HOUSE— No. 3.
Seventeenth Regiment — Continued.
19T
Residence.
Discharged.
Remarks.
Haverliill,
Promoted 1st Lieut., Jan. 31, 1862.
«
Oct. 28, 1861.
Rockport,
Jan. 17,
1862,
See Sp. Order, No. 36, resig'n file 17th Reg.
Boston, .
Nov. 2,
18G1.
- -
Melrose, .
Promoted 1st Lieut., May 28, 1862.
Maiden, .
Feb. 6,
1862.
- -
Haverhill,
Promoted 1st Lieut., July 8, 1862.
Boston, .
Aug. 13, "
Stoneham,
" " Sept. 25, "
Chelsea, .
" " Auii. 13, "
West Roxbury,
" " Jan. 9, "
Lynnfield,
-
-
-
Haverhill,
-
-
- -
Boston, .
Sept. 2.9,
1862.
_
Haverhill,
-
-
- -
Cambridge,
_
-
_ _
Roxburj^,
-
-
-
Danvers, .
_
_
_ _
Haverhill,
_
_
_ ^
Newburyport, .
-
-
-
Bradford,
—
—
— ~
The regiment left the State in the command of Lieutenant-
Colonel Fellows, a gentleman who had been a prominent and
meritorious officer in our Massachusetts Militia. At the time
of his appointment as Lieutenant-Colonel of the Seventeenth
he was attached to the staff of Brigadier-General Andrews,
Second Division Massachusetts Volunteer Militia. Shortly
after the regiment left the State, Captain Amory, U. S. A., was
appointed Colonel, and has remained its Colonel ever since,
although most of the time acting as Brigadier-General, leaving
the regiment under command of Lieutenant-Colonel Fellows.
In Nortli Carolina, under General Foster, the regiment has
had it share of skirmishing and picket duty, and has had several
encounters with the enemy, but until the recent advance of
General Foster's command upon Goldsborough, N. C, it has
not been in any prominent battle. The following letter which
I received from Lieutenant-Colonel Fellows, dated Newbern,
N. C, December 22d, shows how well the Seventeenth behaved
on the occasion of which he speaks :
198 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S RErORT. [Jan.
" Having been in the service seventeen months, and chasing
the enemy in every direction, we have at length met him in
three different engagements ; and, as I know that affairs of this
kind are often greatly exaggerated, I propose to give you a plain
statement of facts, that you may see that the regiment has not
failed to upl)old the reputation of Massachusetts troops, and
has brought no discredit to the State.
"On Thursday 11th inst., an expedition, numbering from
thirteen thousand to fifteen tliousand troops, started from New-
bern for the interior. Nothing of particular interest occurred
until the following Sunday, when, on approaching Kinston, the
advance guard, composed of the Ninth New Jersey, and
Wessel's Brigade, were engaged with tlie enemy, the Seven-
teenth leading. The First Brigade was next called, and I was
ordered to report to General Wessel, who sent me to support a
battery on the right that was in great danger from an attack.
We were afterwards again ordered forward to support another
battery, and then, with the Ninth New Jersey, to advance and
flank the enemy. At this point, the regiment was detached
from the brigade and ordered to co-operate with the Ninth New
Jersey, which arrangement continued until our return to
Newbern. We advanced together, and were the first regiments
to cross the bridge and enter. Kinston, where we took many
prisoners. We were then ordered on provost duty, but subse-
quently received an order to rejoin the brigade, which had not
crossed the bridge. On our way, I was met by General Foster,
who ordered me back, as (the rebel) General Evans had taken
position on the hill beyond the town, and he (General Foster,)
was ' going to knock him out of it.' We returned, but the
enemy left, and we were again ordered on provost duty. The
next morning the march was resumed towards Goldsboro', and
the Seventeenth was selected for the advance. This continued
through the next day, when, approaching Whitehall, we were
engaged by the enemy, who were on the opposite bank of the
river, and protected by earth-works and dense woods. After a
fight of three or four hours, it being impossible to ford the
river, and the bridge across it having been burnt, we continued
on our way, the Seventeenth yet in advance.. The next day,
upon nearing Goldsboro', I increased my line of skirmishers by
adding Company C to Company F. They were in command of
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3. 199
Captain Fuller. They were soon fired upon, but tlicy drove
the enemy before them. The main object of tlie expedition
was to burn a railroad bridge, destroy the track and cut off
coniniunication. As the railroad bridge was then in sight, and
occupied by a largo rebel force, I turned to the left, through a
wood which was occupied by a camp of rebels. We pushed
onward with skirmishers deployed, and gained the railroad,
driving the enemy before us. I was then ordered to approach
the bridge, leaving the skirmishers under Captain Fuller to
watch the enemy; but on approaching the bridge, we were opened
upon by a heavy fire of artillery in front and musketry from the
woods on both sides. We continued to advance, and arrived
within ten feet of the bridge, using the banks of the road as a
temporary shelter. The shells from our own artillery falling
immediately in front of us, and not being willing to lose my men
by our own fire, I sent to the officer in command of the artillery,
to change his direction, which had no effect. I then went
myself and represented that he was doing us more harm than the
enemy ; this had the desired effect. Upon my return, Morrison's
battery came up and took position near our flag, on the right
flank. I pointed out to the Captain the bridge and the depot
beyond, where a train had just arrived with reinforcements for
the enemy. Giving his orders with coolness and judgment, he
planted a shell directly among them and kept up a steady fire
in that direction. Meanwhile, the shot and shell from the
enemy's artillery came thick and fast among us, yet not a man
quailed, and my orders were obeyed with much coolness, as
they are upon a battalion drill. I sheltered the men in a hol-
low, directly in rear of the artillery, and was then notified that
two men from each of the two regiments were to be sent to fire
the bridge. I called for volunteers, and ' Barney Mann,' our
late Adjutant, offered to find them. A short time after, I saw
him wounded, and then learned that he had gone himself, with
another man, for the purpose ; the two from the Ninth New
Jersey were also there, and the bridge was fired. I was then
notified that the object of the expedition was accomplished,
and General Foster gave the credit of it to the two regiments.
The artillery then withdrew. I marched my men off, but was
called upon to support another battery, which still kept up its
fire. When that withdrew, I formed upon the right of the
200
ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
[Jan.
Ninth New Jersey, according to orders, and the regiment was
received with three rousing cheers by the army all around us.
The two regiments then commenced the march back, but were
recalled in consequence of an attack, made by the rebels con-
cealed in the woods, upon one of our batteries. When we
arrived the affair was over, the battery having poured a charge
of canister into them, which sent them howling into the woods.
" The men in these several engagements behaved admirably,
although exposed for two or three hours, and perhaps longer,
to a severe fire. They stood to it like veterans. Our loss was
one killed (while skirmishing through the woods,) and eighteen
•wounded. Our escape seems little short of a miracle. Other
regiments have suffered more severely than this. I think a
commander, however, should base his reputation upon doing
the most work with little loss of men, and a timely order to lie
down, when nothing else could be done, has saved many lives.
EIGHTEENTH REGIMENT.
Date of Commis-
X A M E S .
Eank.
sions.
James Barnes, ....
Colonel, .
July
26, 1861,
Timothy Ingraham,
Lieut. Colonel, .
26, "
Joseph Hayes,
Major,
26, "
David P. Smith,
Surgeon, .
31, "
Orlando Brown,
Assistant-Surgeon,
31, "
George Foster Hodges,
First Lieut., (Adj't,)
Aug.
20, "
Sanfoi'd Ahuy,
" " (Quart'r,)
Sept.
25, «
Benjamin F. DeCosta,
Chaplain, .
Dec.
6, "
Abial W. Nelson, .
Assistant-Surgeon,
Jan.
10, 1862,
William Holbrook, .
Surgeon, .
13, "
Edwin F. Silcox,
Assistant-Surgeon, .
Aug.
18, "
Joseph W. Merriam,
" "
14, "
Joseph Hayes,
Lieut. Colonel, .
25, "
Stephen Thomas, .
Major,
25, "
Lewis N. Tucker, .
Captain,
Aug.
20, 1861,
George C. Ruby,
a
July
31, "
William S. McFarlin,
((
Nov.
9, "
Stephen Thomas, .
a
July
26, "
Thomas Weston,
u
Aug.
20, "
Henry Onion,
it
July
26. "
William B. White, .
it
Aug.
20, »
Joseph W. Collingwood,
i(
20, "
Frederic D. Forrest,
u
July
27 "
John Lewis Spalding,
li
Aug.
20i «
Charles W. Carroll,
ii
Oct.
29, «
1863.]
HOUSE— No. 3.
201
Our in/ioleloss amounts to one killed, twenty-nine wounded
and two missing.
" I now knotv the regiment, (not that I ever had any doubt of
their courage,) for I have seen them skirmishing with the
enemy and their behavior has been good. On the last day of
its march to Newborn, we made thirty miles from six, A. M., to
six and a half, P. M., and no straggling."
The following is an abstract of the roster : —
1 Captain dismissed the service by sentence of Court Martial.
1 Captain died.
4 First Lieutenants promoted Captains.
1 First Lieutenant died.
10 Second Lieutenants promoted First Lieutenants.
15 Second Lieutenants taken from enlisted men.
2 First Lieutenants and 2 Second Lieutenants taken from civilians.
29 Commissions have been made for this regiment during the year 1862.
EIGHTSEWTH REGIMENT.
Kesidenoe.
Discharged.
Kemarks.
Springfield,
New Bedford, .
App'd Colonel S9th Reg't, Aug. 18, 1862.
Boston, .
Promoted Lieut. Colonel, Aug. 25, "
Springfield,
" Brigade-Surgeon.
Wrentham,
" Surgeon 29th Keg't, Dec. 14, '61.
Roxbury, .
Died.
New Bedford, .
-
-
- -
Charlestown, .
-
-
-
Taunton, .
July 31,
1861.
-
Palmer, .
-
-
- -
Springfield,
.
Dismissed the service, Jan. 6, 1863.
Boston, .
-
-
-
Middleborough,
._
_
_ _
Boston, .
-
-
- -
Taunton, .
Killed at Fredericksburg, Dec. 13, 1862.
Carver, .
Oct. 23,
1862.
- -
Middleborough,
Promoted Major, Aug. 21, 1862.
Dedham, .
Oct. 28,
1861.
_ _
Abington,
-
-
- -
Plymouth,
Died of wounds, Dec. 24, 1862.
Wrentham,
Oct. 24,
1882.
- -
Boston, .
24,
a
_ _
Dedham, .
•
Killed In Battle, Aug. 30, 1862.
26
202 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
Eighteenth Regiment — Continued.
[Jan.
- v" '^ ' — "
Date of Commis-
If A M E a .
Kank.
sions.
Charles H. Drew, ....
Captain,
Aug. 25, 1862,
William F. Winsor,
''
Sept. 1, "
Benjamin F. Messervy, .
u
Oct. 2i, "
George M. Barnard, Jr.,
u
Nov. 1, "
Charles F. Edson, .
u
1, "
AVilliam G. Hewlns,
u
Dec. 25, "
Joseph C. Ayer,
First Lieutenant,
Aug. 20, 1861,
Cyrus I\L Wheaton,
(i
u
20, "
George M. Barnard, Jr.,
u
u
20, "
Woodbridge R. Howes, .
1(
u
July 20, "
William Henry Winsor, .
u
u
Aug. 20, "
Charles W. Carroll,
((
u
July 26, "
James N. Sparrell, .
«
((
31, "
Charles Henry Drew,
u
u
Aug. 20, "
Alvin E. Hall,
u
a
20, "
Benjamin F. Messervy, .
u
it.
20, "
Fisher A. Baker,
u
a
Oct. 29, "
Charles F. Edson, .
it
u
Jan. 20, 1862,
Samuel H. Bugbee,
u
a
M'ch 1, "
William Guild Hewins, .
a
a
April 3, "
John Edwin Bird, .
a
a
3, "
Warren D. Russell,
a
14
July 16, "
James D. Orne,
u
a
Aug. 25, "
Horatio N. Dallas, .
a
a
Sept. 1, "
Edward M. Onion, .
a
((
1, "
Stephen M. Weld, Jr.,
u
a
Oct. 24, "
William M. Ingraham, .
It
a
Nov. 1, "
Charles F. Pray,
a
li
1, "
Luther S. Bent,
11
((
Dec. 25, "
James D. Orne,
Second Lieutenant, .
Aug. 20, 1861,
Warren Dutton Russell,
(1
u
20, "
William Vincent Smith,
a
((
20, "
Charles F. Edson, .
u
u
July 2G, "
John Edwin Bird, .
(1
u
Aug. 20, "
Fisher A. Baker,
u
(i
July 26, "
William Guild Hewins,
u
a
Aug. 20, "
Horatio Nelson Dallas,
a
li
20, "
Samuel H. Bugbee,
u
a
July 27, "
Pardon Almy, Jr., .
((
"
Aug. 20, "
Edward M. Onion, .
(1
((
Oct. 29, "
Stephen M. Weld, Jr.,
a
u
Jan. 24, 1862,
John Dwight Isbell,
u
((
M'ch 1, "
William M. Ingraham,
((
u
April 3, "
Charles F. Pray,
<c
a
3, "
Luther S. Bent,
it.
a
July 30, "
William W. Hemmenwaj
'')
a
((
31, "
Erastus W. Everson,
u
a
Aug. 1, "
James B. Hancock,
(i
u
Sept. 1, "
William S. Walker,
a
u
1, "
Albert W. Sturdy, .
u
u
Aug. 25, "
Stephen C. Drew, .
u
a
Dec. 1, "
Christopher T. Hanley,
((
u
25, «
1863.]
HOUSE— No. 3.
Eighteenth Regiment — Continuetl.
203
Residence.
Discharged.
Plj'moutli,
Kingston,
Quiney, .
Boston, .
Middleborough
Boston,
u
Somerset,
Boston, .
]\Iattapoisett,
Kingston,
Dedham, .
South Scituate
Plymouth,
Foxborough,
Quiney, .
Dedham, .
Middleborough
Wrentham,
Boston, .
u
Brighton, .
Springfield,
Boston,
Dedham, .
West Koxbury,
New Bedford,
Quiney, .
Springfield,
Bi-ighton,
Boston,
Middleborough
Boston, .
Dedham, .
Boston,
u
Wrentham,
Cambridge,
Dedham, .
West Roxbury
Springfield,
New Bedfoi'd,
Quiney, .
Wrentham,
Dedham, .
Cambridge,
Boston, .
Wrentham,
April 3, 18G2.
April 3, 1862.
Jan. 16, 1862.
July 16, 1862,
June 11
, 1S62
Promoted Captain, Nov. 1, 1862.
Promoted Captain, Sept. 1, 1862.
Oct. 29, 1861.
Promoted Captain, Aug. 2-5, 1862.
Dismissed by Special Order War Dep't.*
Promoted Captain, Oct. 24, 1862.
Promoted Captain, Nov. 1, 1862.
Promoted Captain, Dec. 2.5, 1862.
Killed in battle, Aug. 30, 1862.
Promoted 1st Lieut., Aug. 25, 1862.
July 16, "
Promoted 1st Lieut., Jan. 20, 1862.
April 3, "
Oct. 29, 1861.
" " April 3, 1862.
" " Sept. 1, "
" " March 1, "
Killed at battle Bull Run, Aug. 30, 1862..
Promoted 1st Lieut., Sept. 1, 1862.
" " Oct. 21, "
Deceased, July 16, 1862.
Promoted 1st Lieut., Nov. 1, 1862.
it u u 2 "
" " Dec. 25, "
* Notice from Assistant Adjutant-General Vincent that Lieut. Hall resigned July 9, 1862.
204 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
The Eighteenth Regiment was recruited during the months
of July and August, 1861, at " Camp Brigham," Readville,
chiefly from the counties of Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth.
The regiment was mustered into the service of the United
States on the 27th of August, 1861, and at that time consisted
of eight companies only, leaving the remaining two companies
necessary for the complete organization of the regiment, to be
subsequently added.
The battalion started under orders for Washington, August
26th, 1861, with a full complement of officers, and eight hundred
and one men.
Upon reaching the capital, the regiment encamped in the
city two days, and on the ' 3d of September it was ordered to
cross the river and report to General Fitz John Porter. By him
it was assigned to the First Brigade of his Division, commanded
by Brigadier-General J. H. Martindale, and encamped near
Fort Corcoran, where it remained till September 26th, engaged
in drilling and working on the entrenchments then being
constructed for the defence of Washington. On the 26th of
September the army advanced, and the regiment moved forward
with the division, and took position at Hall's Hill.
During October and November, the two companies in which
the regiment had been deficient were added, bringing up the
number of enlisted men to nine hundred and ninety-five. By
reason of being in the front, the regiment was required, through
the fall and winter to perform outpost duty. It was also
busily engaged in the construction of rifle pits, roads, &c.
While at Fort Corcoran and Hall's Hill, an opportunity was
offered for the instruction and drilling of the regiment, which,
owing to its hurried departure from the State, had been,
previous to this period, seriously wanting. The time allowed
was favorably improved by the ofhcers of the regiment, and the
command attained a high degree of discipline and a commend-
able proficiency in military drill and exercise. It gives me
pleasure to state that the regiment was complimented by the
commanding general of the division with a new and complete
outfit of uniforms, camp equipage, &c., imported from France
by the General Government, being the same as worn by the
Chasseurs a pied.
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3. 205
On the lOth of March, 1862, the regiment left Hall's Hill
with nine hundred and forty men, and marched to Fairfax ;
16th, left Fairfax and marched to Alexandria ; 21st, embarked
on board transport; 23d, disembarked at Old Point Com-
fort, and marched to Hampton ; 25th, marched to Newmarket
Bridge and encamped.
April ith, marched to Hunter's Creek ; 5th, arrived at two
o'clock, r. M., in front of the defences of Yorktown. The
regiment was- engaged in the battle, acting as skirmishers, and
in support of batteries engaged. No casualties occurred. From
the 11th of April to the 5th of May, a period of twenty-four days,
during the siege of Yorktown, the regiment furnished a detail
each day either for working in the trenches or outpost duty,
varying from seventy to six hundred and sixty-six men.
Almost every day during the siege, the regiment, or a portion
of it, was under fire of the enemy's batteries.
May 5th, the regiment left Camp Winfield Scott,, and
marched to Yorktown ; 7th, embarked on board transport ;
8th, disembarked at West Point ; 13th, marched to Cumber-
land ; 15th, marched to White House ; 19th, marched to Tun-
stall's Station ; 21st and 22d, marched to Kidd's Mills. At
this time the Government supplied the regiment with the
Springfield rifled muskets as a substitute for the smooth-bore,
which up to this time had been in use by the regiment. May
26th, marched to Gaines' Mills. Immediately on reaching Gaines'
Mills, upon the Chickahominy, in the evening of the same day,
during a furious storm, eight companies of the regiment were
ordered upon picket duty. These companies marched to their
posts, and subsequently, in the night, orders came to relieve
them, as the division under command of General Morell was to
move to Hanover Court-house the following day. The division
moved at three o'clock in the morning of the 27th inst, but the
companies of the Eighteenth that had been already on duty for
twenty-four hours, were too exhausted to march at that time,
and consequently the regiment was ordered to remain, and rest
a few hours in camp.
The regiment marched, on the 27th, to Hanover Court-house,
but in consequence of the delay had not the good fortune to
arrive in season to share the honors of the victory achieved by
the division.
206 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
May 29tli the regiment returned to Gaines' Mills, and remained
in camp until the 2Gth of June. It being anticipated that
Jackson was moving from the direction of the Rappahannock,
upon the right flank of our army, an expedition was started
from the camp of Porter's corps on the 26tli of June, consisting
of light cavalry and artillery with two regiments of infantry to
act as light troops, and placed under command of Brigadier-
General Stoneman, Chief of Cavalry.
The Eighteenth Massachusetts Regiment was selected as one
of the infantry regiments for the expedition. The regiment
being thus detailed upon this service proceeded upon the
performance of the arduous duty imposed upon it, and thus
became temporarily detached from the rest of the division during
the battles of Chickahominy and Malvern Hill. For the services
rendered by the regiment during this period, I beg to refer to
the report of Colonel Barnes.
By the report it will be perceived, that under the orders of
General Stoneman the regiment retired towards the White
House, and after rendering efficient services at that point,
proceeded by way of Old Point Comfort and the James River
to Harrison's Landing, where it arrived on the 2d of July.
July 14th, Colonel Barnes having been assigned to the com-
mand of the brigade, the command of the regiment devolved
upon Lieutenant-Colonel Hayes. July 31st, marched to Chicka-
hominy River on a reconnoissance, and returned the same day.
Distance marched, thirty-two miles.
August 15th, marched from Harrison's Landing to Chicka-
hominy River ; 16th, marched to Williamsburg ; 17th, marched
to Yorktown ; 18th, marched to Hampton. At this time,
owing to a severe illness contracted upon the Peninsula, Major
Hayes, now the Lieutenant-Colonel, was compelled to leave the
regiment for a few days, and the command devolved upon
Captain Stephen Thomas, the senior officer present. 19th, the
regiment marched to Newport News ; 20th, embarked on board
transport ; 21st, arrived at Acquia Creek, disembarked, took
cars for Falmouth ; 22d, marched all night, and the 23d,
arrived in the vicinity of Rappahannock Station ; 21th, the
division fell back on the road, a distance of four miles; 25th,
the regiment sent forward two miles on picket; 26th, marched
to Ellis Ford ; 27th, marched to AVarrcnton ; 28th, marched to
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3. 207
Catlett's Station ; 29tli, marched to Thoroughfare Gap ; 30th,
marched to Bull Run. The regiment, under command of
Captain Thomas, marched to Bull Run and participated in the
battle, and at night retired to Centreville. The number of
men engaged in the battle was three hundred and twenty-five.
The number of killed was three officers and thii'tj-seven men.
Wounded, five officers and ninety-six men ; missing, twenty-
eight men. Total loss, one hundred and sixty-nine, or fifty-two
per cent. In this severe engagement the regiment performed
its duty and received great praise from the Generals of both
division and corps for its steadiness and gallantry. It was the
first regiment of the division to advance to the attack, and the
last to retire from the field. Among those who fell were
Captain Charles W. Carroll, Lieutenants Warren D. Russell,
and Pardon Almy, Jr., gallant officers, whose names may hence-
forth be borne upon the long list of those who have made
Massachusetts honored in the annals of this contest for freedom.
Captain Thomas Weston, Lieutenants B. F. Messervy, Charles
P. Pray, E. W. Everson, and L. S. Bent were wounded on this
field, all of whom distinguished themselves by their good con-
duct and marked bravery. Some of these officers having, in
consequence of their wounds, been temporarily absent from the
regiment have returned to their posts and are now prepared to
win n6w laurels in the field.
September 1st, Major Hayes rejoined the regiment and
assumed command. The regiment left camp at night-fall,
marched all night, and the following day, September 2d, and
bivouacked at Chain Bridge. September od, marched to Hall's
Hill and encamped. For the space of twenty days, the regi-
ment had not rested in the same place two nights in suc-
cession. On the night of the 6th of September, the regiment
marched to Alexandria and encamped. September 9th,
marched to Fort Corcoran ; 12th, marched to Camp Bright-
wood, Maryland ; 13th, marched to Rockville ; 14th, marched
to Monocacy River ; 15th, marched to Middleton ; 16th,
marched to the battle-ground of Antietam ; 17th, the regiment
was placed in support of batteries engaged ; 18th, the regiment
on picket, day and night, at the Stone Bridge ; 19th, the regi-
ment moved forward to the river ; 20th, the regiment, under
command of Lieutenant-Colonel Hayes, crossed the river,
208 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
leading the advance of the brigade, and commenced the action
of Sheppardstown. It maintained its position and forced the
enemy to retire in the front. When ordered to retire, it fell
back in perfect order, with a loss of three killed, eleven
wounded and one missing.
Tiie regiment remained encamped near Sharpsburg until
October 30th, when it moved toward Harper's Ferry. October
31st, crossed the Potomac at Harper's Ferry and encamped.
November 2d, marched to Snicker's Gap ; 6th, marched to
Middlebury ; 7th, marched to White Plains ; 9th, marched to
Warrenton, where it is at present encamped.
In my brief review of the military history of this regiment,
without doing an injustice to some most excellent officers and
brave men, no mention can be made of those who have espe-
cially signalized themselves. Where all have performed the
duty required of them, satisfactorily, it might be invidious to
attempt to discriminate. I feel confidence in assuring your
Excellency, that the Eighteenth Massachusetts Regiment, as in
its past history, will in future, under all circumstances, sustain
the honor of the noble Commonwealth it represents.
The following is an abstract of the roster : —
1 Lieutenant-Colonel promoted Colonel oSth Eegiment Mass. Vols.
1 Major promoted Lieutenant-Colonel.
1 Surgeon promoted Brigade Surgeon.
1 Assistant-Surgeon promoted Surgeon.
2 Captains killed in battle.
1 Captain promoted Major.
6 First Lieutenants promoted Captains.
1 First Lieutenant dismissed the service by. order War Department.
1 First Lieutenant killed in battle.
13 Second Lieutenants promoted First Lieutenants.
1 Second Lieutenant killed at Bull Bun, August 30tb, 1862.
1 Second Lieutenant died.
1 Second Lieutenant taken from civilians.
12 Second Lieutenants taken from enlisted men.
36 Commissions have been made for this regiment during the year 1862.
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3. 209
IIead-Quaiitkus, MrMXAiiY DrsTRicr op Washington, }
Washington, D. C, Dec. 10, 1802. <,
Governor Andrew, — My dear Sir: — General Martindale, at present
Military Governor of Washington, desire.s me to say, that he has been very
anxious since receiving your communication in reference to Massachusetts
soldiers, to address you himself, but the pressure of military business here
threatens to prevent it altogether, unless he makes his communication Informally
through me.
He desires me to say, that the iNIassachusetts Eighteenth Ucgiment came
under his command early in September, 1861, and so remained until the 11th
of July, 1862. Except at the investment of Yorktow^n, they were never in
any pitched battle while with him. The regiment was under fire for the first
time on the 5th of April, on arrival before Yorktown.
Previous to the battle of Hanover Court-house, they were on picket duty,
and could not join the brigade until after the fight. Immediately before the
mai'ch down the Chickahominy, the regiment was detailed and detached with
General Stoneman to the White House, and having covered that post during
the battle of Gaines' Mill, retired to Fortress Monroe. They rejoined the
command at Plarrison's Landing.
All this time it was a regiment distinguished for its high discipline and
soldierly bearing.
The Massachusetts Twenty-Second Regiment, first under the command of
Colonel Wilson, was assigned to General Martiudale's command in October,
1861 ; the regiment soon however passed to the command of Colonel Gove,
than whom a more gallant, intelligent and efficient ofiicer could not be found
in the whole army.
This regiment also continued with General Martindale during the winter
of 1861 and '62, and during the whole period of the operations before Rich-
mond and upon the Peninsula, it was very often in battle, and always behaved
with signal bravery and effectiveness.
On the first approach to Yorktown, it was under a very galling fire of mus-
ketry as well as artillery, losing njore men in killed and wounded than all of the
other regiments In General Porter's Division together.
In the operations and battle at Hanover Court-house the regiment performed
a conspicuous part.
On the 26th June, at Mechanicsville, it was again In battle.
On the 27th of June, at Gaines' Mill, it was once more in battle. Here the
lamented Colonel Gove fell.
Also the regiment participated in the entire succession of movements until
Malvern Hill was reached, and the victorious battle at that place had been
fought on the 30th June and 1st July.
General Martindale desires me to express not only his approbation but his
admiration of the whole military conduct of this regiment, during the entire
period of Its connection with him. Throughout the whole campaign, In every
branch of the service, no regiment from any State reflected greater credit on the
community from which It wassent, or won more well-deserved laurels for itself.
The General desires to name for your particular notice Lieutenant-Colonel
Wardwell, a captain of this regiment. The lieutenant-colonel of the regi-
27
210
ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
[Jan.
ment was soparatod from the regiment for a time ; at Gaines' Mill, the major
(Tilton) was taken prisoner, the adjutant was wounded, and after that the
regiment passed chiefly under the direction of Wardwell.
Wardwell's behavior in that post, as well as in command of his company,
was deserving of distinguished credit.
Colonel Barnes is also to be mentioned ; as a disciplinarian and tactician he
had no superior.
Major Hayes, of the Massachusetts Eighteenth, deservedly bore a reputa-
tion second to none of his rank in the army.
NINETEENTH KEGIMBNT.
■ --■
Date of Commis-
NAMES.
Kaiik.
sions.
Edward W. Hinks, ....
Colonel, .
Aug. 3, 1861,
Arthur F. Devereu.x,
Lieut. Colonel, .
3, "
Henry J. Howe, . . •
Major,
3, "
J. Franklin Dyer, ,
Surgeon, .
00 a
Josiah N. Willard, .
Assistant-Surgeon,
22, "
Joseph C. Cromack,
Chaplain, .
26, "
John C. Chadwick, .
First Lieut., (Adj't,) .
22, "
Levi Shaw,
" " (Quart'r,) .
90 a
Ezra D. Winslow, .
Chaplain, .
Dec. 1, "
Ansell D. Wass, .
Major,
July 1, 1862,
John E. Hill, .
Assistant- Surge on ,
24, "
Edmund Rice,
Major,
Sept. 7, "
Vertulau R. Stone, .
Assistant-Surgeon,
Nov. 6, "
Moses P. Stanwood,
Captain, .
Aug. 22, 1861,
Elijah P. Rogers,
"
22, "
J. Scott Todd,
((
22, "
James D. Russell, . ^ .
(1
22, "
Andrew Mahony, .
((
22, "
Edmund Rice,
ii
22, "
Harrison G. 0. Weymouth,
u
22, «
William H. Wilson,
" . . .
22, «
Jonathan F. Plympton, .
u
22, "
Ansell D. Wass,
((
22, "
Charles M. Merritt,
u
Oct. 22, "
Charles U. Devereux,
n
Nov. 15, "
George W. Batchelder, . .
u
M'ch 21, 1862,
Morcena Dunn,
((
June 18, "
Henry A. Hale,
"
July 1, "
James H. Rice,
((
Sept. 7, "
John C. Chadwick, .
"
18, "
Isaac H. Boyd,
Nov. 21, "
Charles M. Merritt,
First Lieutenant,
Aug. 22, 1861,
John Hodges, Jr., .
22, "
George W. Batchelder, .
99 "
Morcena Dunn,
22, "
David Lee,
22, "
James H. Rice,
90 14
Samuel D. Hovey, .
28, «
1863.]
HOUSE— No.
211
Captain Martin's Battery of Artillery was frequently in acition under Gen-
eral Martindalc's command and eye. This battery was attached to the
Division, and merited the high reputation it enjoyed.
Massachusetts has no better ofiicer in the field than Captain Martin.
These criticisms and observations General Martindale desires me promptly
to communicate to you as the Governor of Massachusetts.
I am, very respectfully,
Your Excellency's obedient servant,
Edward G. Parker, Assistant Adjutant-General.
WIHETEE]SrTH REGIMENT.
Discharged.
Lynn,
Salem,
Havei'liill,
Rockport,
Boston, .
Worcester,
Salem,
Rockport,
Chester, .
Boston,
Charlestown,
Cambridge,
Boston, .
West Newbury,
Newbury,
Rowley, .
Boston, .
Cambridge,
Lowell, .
Roxbury, .
Boston, .
Lynn,
Salem,
Boston, .
Salem,
Brighton, .
Salem,
West Newbury
Lynn,
Salem,
((
Boston, .
Brighton,
Cambi'idge,
Sept. 17, 1862.
Dec. 12, "
Oct. 1, 1862,
Oct. 21, 1861.
June 17, 1862.
Mar. 20, "
Nov. 20, "
Nov. 14, 1861.
June 19, 1862.
Nov. 28, 1861.
Killed in battle, June 30, 1862.
Appointed Surgeon 14th Reg't, Nov. 10, '62.
Transferred to 22d Regiment.
Promoted Captain, Sept. 18, 1862,
App'd Lieut. Col. 41st Reg't, Sept. 6, 1862.
Died at Georgetown, Sept. 11, 1862.
Promoted Major, Sept. 7, 1862.
Promoted Major, July 1, 1862.
Killed in battle Antietam, Sept. 17, 1862.
Promoted Captain, Oct. 22, 1861.
Promoted Captain, March 21, 1862.
" " June 18, "
Killed in battle, June 30, 1862.
Promoted Captain, Sept. 7, 1862.
212 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
Nineteenth Regiment — Continued.
[Jan.
Date of Commis-
NAMES.
Rank.
sions.
Henry A. Halo, ....
First Lieutenant,
Aug. 22,
18G1,
Christopher C. Sampson,
u u
22
"
Engene Kelty,
" "
22
"
Isaac n. Boyd,
a a
Oct. 22'
(1
Albert Thorndiko, . '
U (I
Dec. 9,
;i
Edward P. BisJiop, .
" "
Oct. 22,
a
John P. Reynolds, Jr.,
a a
Nov. 29,
"
James G. C. Dodge,
" "
M'ch 21,
1862,
William L. Palmer,.
It (f
June 18,
a
Elisha A. Hinks,
a u
20,
u
Oliver F. Briggs, .
u u
July 1,
u
Samuel S. Prime, .
a u
1,
u
Lysander J. Hume,
" "
Sept. 7,
u
William A. Hill, .
u a
18,
u
Dudley C. Mumford.
r u a
11,
ii
William R. Driver,
" "
Nov. 21,
((
Edgar M. Newcomb,
U 1,1.
13,
((
Isaac II. Boyd,
Second Lieutenant, .
Aug. 22,
1861,
James T. Lurvey, .
(1 i(
22,
u
Samuel S. Prime, .
" "
22,
il.
John P. Reynolds, Jr.,
(( ((
22
i(
George M. Barry, .
" "
22
(1
James G. C. Dodge,
(( ((
22'
a
Dudley C. Mumford,
(( u
22'
a
William H. J.ecain,
" "
22
a
William L. Palmer,
u u
22
a
Edward P. Bishop, .
" "
22^
u
Elliot C. Peirce,
" "
Oct. 22',
((
Lysander J. Hume,
U ((
22
u
Oliver F. Briggs,
" "
22'
a
Charles B. Warner,
(C ((
Dec. 9',
a
Elisha A. Hinks,
" ''
Oct. 27,
u
Samuel Baxter,
<.'. li
Nov. 29,
(.(.
Michael A. McNamara,
a ((
Feb. 9,
1862,
William A. Hill, .
" "
M'ch 21,
a
Edgar M. Newcomb,
" "
June IS,
a
Warner W. Tilton,
a u
20,
u
Frederic Croft,
" "
July 1,
a
Thomas ClatFey,
" "
1,
u
David T. Chubbuck
" "
1,
u
William R. Driver,
" "
Aug. 2,
a
William F. Rice,
" "
Sept. 7,
a
Charles II. Wellock
" "
18,
((
James B Moore,
" "
Nov. 21,
11
Moses Shacklcy,
" "
13,
(<
John G. B. Aclams,
" "
Aug. 29,
a
Charles P. Abbott,
u u
Sept. 18,
((
William Stone,
u a
7,
"
Ephraim A. Hale, Jr.,
" "
Oct. 14,
((
1863.]
HOUSE— No. 3.
Nineteenth Regiment — Continued.
213
Discharged.
Salem,
Boston, .
u
West Newbur)'
Beverly, .
Boston, .
Salem,
Boston,
Salem,
Orrington, Me.
Boston,
Rowley, .
Calais, Me.,
Salem,
Lowell, .
Beverly, .
Boston,
West Newbury
Lowell, .
Rowley, .
Salem,
Boston, •
Lowell, .
Boston, .
Salem,
Boston, .
Weymouth,
Calais, Me.,
Boston, .
South Danvers-
Orrington, Me.
Newburyport,
Boston, .
Salem,
Boston,
Haverhill,
Lowell,
Quincy, .
Beverly, .
Brighton,
Boston, .
South Dan vers,
Groveland,
Bolton,
Oct. 3, ISGL
21, "
Nov. ri, 1862.
Jan. 21, 1863.
Dec. 2
Feb. 8
Oct. 26
Aug. 1
Oct. 25
186L
1862.
1,861.
1862.
Promoted Captain, July 1, 1862.
Promoted Captain, Nov. 21, 1862.
Died of wounds, Dec. 19, 1862.
Promoted 1st Lieut., Oct. 22, 1861.
Promoted 1st Lieut., July 1, 1862.
" " Nov. 29, 1861.
PromotedTlst Lieut., March 21, 1862.
" ^ " Sept. 11, "
Promoted 1st Lieut., June 18, 1862.
Oct. 22, 1861.
Declined to accept commission.
Promoted 1st Lieut., Sept. 7, 1862.
July 1, "
Killed in battle Fair Oaks, June 2.5, 1862.
Promoted 1st Lieut., June 20, 1862.
Discharged by sentence of Court Martial.
Promoted 1st Lieut., Sept. 18, 1862.
" " Nov. 13, "
Dropped from rolls, Oct. 13, 1862.
Killed at Fredericksburg, Dec. 13, 1862.
Promoted 1st Lieut., Nov. 21, 1862.
Commission cancelled.
214 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
This regiment was organized at " Camp Schouler," Lynn-
field, with the three companies of First Battalion of Rifles
as the nucleus, having added to these three in succession.
Captain Wass's Tiger Fire Zouaves, of Boston, Captain
Mahony's company, (Lnsli,) also from Boston, Captain Wey-
moutli's company, from Lowell, Captain Plympton's company,
from Boston, Captain Russell's company, from Boston, Captain
Rice's company, from Maiden, and Captain Wilson's company,
from Boston.
Orders having come from the Secretary of War, requiring
all regiments or parts of regiments to report at Washington,
this regiment was hastened to march, although not full to the
maximum. On the 28tli of August, 1861, it started, num-
bering 791 men ; reached Washington on the night of August
30th; the next day marched to Meridian Hill and encamped.
The regiment was composed of new recruits, several hundred
having been enlisted in the week previous to leaving Massachu-
setts. Drilling and organization went on actively till on the
12tli of September, when the regiment received orders assigning
it to Brigadier-General F. W. Lander's Brigade, and ordering
it to Poolesville, Md., which place it reached at the end of
three days' march from Washington, through Leesboro', Rock-
ville and Darnestown. A camp was immediately established
near Edward's Ferry, about two miles from Poolesville, with
the Twentieth and Nineteenth Massachusetts and Seventh
Michigan, Captain Saunders' Company of Sharpshooters and
Captain Vaughn's Battery of Rhode Island Light Artillery,
constituting the brigade.
Almost immediately on being located, six companies of the
regiment were detailed as pickets along the Potomac River,
between Slielden's Island and Conrad's Ferry, where they
remained on duty until tlie disastrous fight of Ball's Bluff. On
that day the commander of the regiment was informed, at one
• o'clock, P. M., by Captain Rice, commanding companies on the
river, that his detachment was ordered to cross to the Virginia
side as soon as certain other regiments had preceded him.
Colonel Hinks and the lieutenant-colonel of the regiment
immediately repaired to the point of crossing, some four miles
from camp. The six companies on the river were collected,
and two others sent for from camp. By the time these joined.
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3. 215
Colonel Hinks found himself the senior officer at the Ferry,
and assumed fdirection of the transportation across the river.
He had a portion of the First California, a battalion of the
Forty-Second New York, (Tammany,) and four pieces of artil-
lery to throw across before his own regiment could move. The
transportation was very poor and insufficient, and tlie work of
crossing slow, arduous and tedious. There were three small
scows, two capable of carrying thirty men each, the third, of
capacity sufficient to carry sixty men, or one piece of artillery
and its horses. These had to be poled up stream and slowly
allowed to drop down and across to Harrison's Island, which at
this point divides the stream. The swollen condition of the river
made this work dangerous and difficult. The first boat was
launched and manned by men of Captain Rice's Company, who
continued throughout the day and the next night to work the
boats between the Maryland shore and island, and the opposite
side of the island and the Virginia shore. A rope was finally
stretched across the stream, being taken from passing canal
boats for the purpose, by means of which the boats could run
regularly and more frequently. But even with this advantage,
the eight companies of this regiment did not reach the island
until sunset, just as our forces which had been desperately
engaged on the Virginia side were compelled to break and seek
safety in flight. This regiment marched in line across the
island just in time to see our worsted forces hotly pursued,
flying in disorder down the opposite bank, and by their firm
front stopped the pursuit. But the hurrying crowds of our
broken ranks, rushing into the single boat that formed the only
communication with the Virginia shore, swamped it, and ren-
dered any further passage impossible. That night this regi-
ment held possession of the island, and labored in rescuing their
flying comrades that managed to swim the river, and in collect-
ing, caring for and transporting to the Maryland shore, the
dead, dying and wounded on the island. Morning found the
work pretty effectually accomplished, and at an hour before
daybreak the lieutenant-colonel, on direction from Colonel
Hinks, disposed this regiment, two companies of the Twentieth
Massachusetts, which had joined us during the night, a rem-
nant of the Tammany and two pieces of Captain Vaughn's
Rhode Island Battery, in the best position for the defence of
216 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
the islam], expecting an attack immediately at dawn ; Colonel
Hinks having received orders to hold the island •t all hazards.
By dawn a heavy rain, which had threatened all night, set in.
No attack was made upon the troops on the island by the
enemy.
Abont ten, A. M., proposals were made for a flag of truce.
Lieutenant Dodge was sent over, and returned with permission
for twelve men to cross to bury the dead. The party was put
in charge of Captain Vaughn, Rhode Island Battery, with
directions to prolong his work till nightfall, which he success-
fully did ; though, suspecting something, the enemy at one time
seized his party, and threatened to hold them prisoners of war.
They released them, however, on the firm demand of Colonel
Hinks to that effect. As soon as nightfall, every arrangement
•was made to re-cross to the Maryland side, "which was success-
fully accomplished.
On returning to camp, the second day after Ball's Bluff,
October 24th, it was found that the wound of General Lander,
and the capture of Colonel Lee, left Colonel Hinks in com-
mand of the brigade. The regiment was sent no more on
picket at the river, and the real drill and discipline of the
regiment commenced. The hard work and attention to their
duties of all the officers, made improvement rapid in the regi-
ment, under its commander, until on December 4th, 1861,
when the regiment was in fine drill and discipline.
On the 4th of December, 1861, the regiment was ordered
from Camp Benton to Muddy Branch, Md., there to relieve
the command of General Banks, which was under orders for
Frederick.
The duties of the regiment in its new camp were of a nature
to preclude the possibility of drill. It had thirteen miles of the
Potomac to picket; three defensive block houses to build, forty-
eight feet each way, of the shape of a Greek cross, four feet
thick, twelve feet high, roofed with logs three feet thick, and
covered then with three feet of earth. All the logs used in the
construction had to be felled and squared with common wood
axes, then hauled to the different eminences on which the
buildings were to be erected, and then laid, each log being fitted
and pinned with treenails. Two towns, Rockville and Darnes-
town, required a provost, and in addition the camp and stores
of the regiment, demanded its quarter-guard.
1863.] HOUSE— No. 8. 217
While at Muddy Branch the regiment received a company of
recruits, under command of Captain Charles U. Devereux,
with Lieutenants Thorndike and Warner, with 125 men, making
a total of 930 men.
Every officer and man was thus employed in arduous duty
until the 12th of March, 1862, when the regiment was ordered
to Harper's Ferry, to join the remainder of the brigade, under
command of Brigadier-General N. J. T. Dana, on its road to
reinforce General Banks in the Shenandoah Valley.
The regiment reached Harper's Ferry on the morning of the
18th, marched that afternoon to Charlestown, and encamped
for the night ; the next night reached Berryville, where it
joined the other two brigades of the division, under command
of Brigadier-General John Sedgwick. On the 15th, the
Division started early, on its return to Harper's Ferry, where it
remained till March 24th, when it was transported to Washing-
ton by rail, arriving March 25th. At Washington the division
remained in camp till March 27th, when it took transports for
Fortress Monroe. On account of a sudden storm, just as the
boat which carried this regiment left the Potomac River, it put
back behind Point Lookout to avoid being swamped. The boat
was very leaky, old and unseaworthy, and narrowly escaped
wreck. At Point Lookout the regiment debarked and remained
on shore over night, finding comfortable quarters in the deserted
hotel buildings; re-embarked the next morning, and reached
Portress Monroe that night, at nine, P. M. They disembarked the
next day, and marched to Hampton, where was found the Grand
Army of the Potomac, under General McClellan, awaiting the
arrival of our division to commence the Peninsula campaign.
On the 4th of April the Army of the Potomac moved forward
to Yorktown. At the end of the second days' march, the army
encamped on a plain about two miles from the enemy's works.
On the 7th of April, the Nineteenth and Twentieth Massachu.
setts, under command of General Dana, started on a reconnois-
sance of the enemy's works. After discovering the fortifications at
Winn's Mills, the Nineteenth were ordered to march through a
belt of woods down upon the works, and then pass along their
front and discover its extent. This was successfully accom-
plished, under a sharp fire of musketry, in the midst of which
the regiment moved steadily and unflinchingly as on drill.
28
218 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
After gaining the requisite knowledge of the locality by thus
drawing the enemy's fire, the regiment was halted where it was
partially sheltered in a ravine, and remained there two hours,
subjected to a vigorous fire from the guns of the works. At
nightfall they were withdrawn. Tlie officers and men behaved
admirably, and called forth General Dana's hearty commenda-
tion. Captain Wass was wounded, and several of his company.
One man in Captain Russell's company was killed. The next day
the army moved forward to the close investment of the enemy's
works. Sedgwick's Division held the line along the front of the
fortifications at Winn's Mills. On the day after the investment
was made. Lieutenant Colonel Devereux was placed in charge
of the erection of the works for the reduction of the place, in
front of our division.
The army remained in its position, busied in its constant
work, alternately on picket and in the entrenchments, until
Sunday morning, May 4th. On the day previous, Dana's
Brigade was on picket. Early Sunday morning. Lieutenant
Hume reported the works evacuated. Colonel Hinks ordered
a reconnoissance, resulting in establishing the fact. Colonel
Hinks at once occupied the works with his regiment, and
sent word to General Dana. Colonel Hinks was ordered to
proceed as far as he thought prudent in the trace of the
enemy. Pressing vigorously on, the regiment came so close
on the rebels as to find in an encampment, about a mile beyond
the works, such recent traces of their occupancy as the breakfast
of the enemy's troops smoking hot, but left in the hasty retreat
from the spot. It was heartily enjoyed by the captors of the
unlooked for prize. On Monday the division marched from
Winn's Mills to Yorktown, in a drenching rain — stood a night
of unequalled exposure in the streets of Yorktown, marching
only one and three-quarter miles between five, P. M., and the
next morning at two. At noon of May 6th the division embark-
ed at Yorktown and sailed for West Point, reaching it in the
night. The next morning they debarked, and were placed in
support of Captain Porter's Massachusetts Battery during the
engagement at West Point.
The second day after reaching West Point the troops marched
to Eltham, about four miles distant, and halted several days.
From that place Sumner's corps marched by sliort stages, in
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3. 219
consequence of the intolerable condition of tlic loads, to tlie
Chickahominy River, halting successively at Cumberland, Cedar
Ilill, Tunstall's Station, and finally at the river bank, between
Bottom's Bridge and Grape Vine Bridge. On Saturday, May
31st, the battle of Fair Oaks took place. Sumner's corps was
ordered to cross, but the Nineteenth being on picket on the
river bank, were not called in until Sunday morning, just before
daylight. In the battle of Sunday, this regiment was used as
support for the line of Sedgwick's Division, moving from right
to left under fire, but were not engaged. When the fight had
ceased they were placed on picket across the railroad, and held
that advance post for ten days, without relief, in common with
the rest of the brigade.
On the 10th of June the brigade was withdrawn, and placed
along the railroad, to guard the immense commissary stores of
the army. After remaining there ten days, tlie brigade then
went to the front, and occupied the entrenchments stretching
from the railroad to the left, to Hooker's redoubt, where they
remained during the rest of the stay of the army at that point.
On the 25tli of June, General Hooker sent for one regiment
from Sumner's corps, to assist in his attack of the rebel lines
in our front. The Nineteenth Massachusetts were selected, and
formed the right of the line, and in a very severe engagement
had the satisfaction of seeing the enemy in their immediate
front turn their backs. The regiment behaved with its cus-
tomary coolness and steadiness. Lieutenant Colonel Devereux
was sick in camp, but hearing of the engagement, he and
Captains Merritt, Deverevix and Dunn, likewise sick in camp,
sought the regiment. Lieutenant Warner, a valuable officer,
was killed in this action. Lieutenant Eice was severely wounded.
On the night of the evacuation, Sumner's corps held the breast-
works until daylight, then withdrew to Peach Orchard and
awaited the enemy ; and, after a severe engagement of three
hours, fell back to Savage's Station, and again courted an
attack. At Peach Orchard the Nineteenth supported Tompkins'
R. I. Battery. At Savage's Station they held the right of
Dana's line on the railroad, — did not participate in the infantry
engagement, but were molested mostly by the enemy's shell,
thrown directly along our line. At nightfall they were ordered
on picket, but withdrawn at once, and followed the rest of the
220 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
army on its night march through White Oak Swamp, finishing
the route just at dawn. At this place Lieutenant-Colonel
Devereux, being unable to walk or ride, was sent to the rear
with the teams. On the army moving again, the brigade was
marched to the rear several miles — then ordered back in double
quick, in time to take part in the fight at White Oak Bridge.
Later in the day, June 80th, it was hotly engaged at Glendale,
where its loss was severe in men and officers. Major Howe fell
nobly facing the foe, a soldier as gallant, brave and true as ever
offered himself a willing sacrifice on the altar of his country's
liberty. Lieutenant Lee fell, bravely doing his duty. Colonel
Hinks, Captains Wass and Devereux, were all severely wounded.
The command of the regiment devolved upon Captain Rice, who
discharged his duties in an excellent manner. At Malvern Hill
the regiment shared the terrors and the dangers of that terrible
artillery fight. Their post on the right was so exposed that
Sedgwick's Division was withdrawn to the shelter of the woods,
where Dana's Brigade held the ground which protected the
right of our army. Lieutenant-Colonel Devereux, hearing of
the engagement and the loss, rejoined the regiment at Malvern
Hill, and marched with it to Harrison's Landing.
When the army marched to Fortress Monroe nothing of
peculiar interest occurred. The enemy did not follow. The
brigade embarked on board the steamship Atlantic at Newport
News, for Washington, August 24th. Arriving at Alexandria
August 28th, the corps was ordered to Chain Bridge, to
occupy the forts at that point. They had just reached it, when
orders came to reinforce Pope, at Centreville. Dana's Brigade,
Colonel Hinks commanding, had to delay its march over night,
having been sent to Tennallytown, Md., before receiving orders
to march to Centreville.
Leaving Tennallytown the brigade crossed the Aqueduct
Bridge in Georgetown at daybreak, August 30th, and reached
Fairfax Court-house the next morning at daybreak, having by
that time marched sixty-three miles in sixty-four successive
hours, twenty-four of which were in a drenching rain. The
Nineteenth was left at Fairfax Court-house to avert a threatened
attack from the enemy's cavalry. The remainder of the brigade
marched on to Germantown. Monday morning, September 1st,
the army, falling back to Washington, entered Fairfax Court-
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3. 221
house. Porter's, Sigcl's and Sumner's corps marched to Chain
J^ridge by the Flint Hill and Vienna road. The Nineteenth
Massachusetts and First Minnesota were selected as rear guard
of this column ; Colonel Hinks, with the rest of Dana's Brigade,
as rear guard of the other column. During the covering of the
retreat, pursuit was checked on the Flint Hill road, by the
skilful use which Genei-al Howard, to whom it was entrusted,
made of his two regiments and a section of Tompkins'
Rhode Island Battery. The First Minnesota, finely ambushed,
delivered a volley into a body of the enemy's cavalry, too
rashly pursuing, which emptied many saddles. This was
shortly after dark, and put an end to pursuit. Previo^ls to
that, a light battery of the enemy had occasioned great annoy-
ance, at one time firing repeated discharges along the line of
the Nineteenth, whilst it marched several times its length,
directly in the line of fire, while taking up a new position. It
moved as steadily and as much under control as it ever did on
parade. General Howard mentioned that " the coolness and
perfect quietness and absence of any hurry or confusion, was
most gratifying to see."
On rejoining the rest of the column, at the cessation of all
pursuit, by some unfortunate mistake, the two regiments were
fired into by our own troops, causing serious injury. Dr. Hill,*
Assistant-Surgeon, who had recently joined the regiment,
received a wound of which he died in a few days.
When the army marched through Maryland to repel the
invaders, the regiment marched with it under command of
Colonel Hinks ; the return of General Dana on the day we
started, having relieved Colonel Hinks of command of the
brigade.
Sumner's corps reached the South Mountain in time to
witness, but not take part in the brilliant success of our arms
at that point. But at Antietam, on the 17th of September,
1862, this regiment entered the fight early in the forenoon in
Sedgwick's column. The division marched into the fight in
three lines, each one composed of a brigade ; Dana's in the
centre, marching a mile in this order, over fences and through
ploughed fields, under a heavy fire of artillery all the way, it
entered the narrow belt of woods, just beyond which was
strongly posted the enemy's centre. The moment the lines
222 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
entered this wood, they were received by a storm of fire from
small arms, and grape and cannister from large ordnance. By
some mistake, the left of the division was not properly closed
on the adjoining force, and the enemy threw troops into the
gap, bringing an enfilading fire to add to the horror and fierce-
ness of the fight. The left gave way in disorder. The three
lines were too close to serve as rallying points to each other,
and the second and third lines suffered as severely as the first.
The left having given away in confusion, the remainder of the
line became so exposed that they were compelled to retire,
except the First Minnesota and the Nineteenth Massachusetts,
who formed the right of the first and second lines respectively.
When all others had left the woods, the First Minnesota fell
back to the alignment of the Nineteenth on its right. Hard
pressed, the two regiments took a new position by forming into
line faced to the rear, under fire of the rebel force that nearly
surrounded them. Here Colonel Hinks fell severely wounded,
and the command devolved on Lieutenant-Colonel Devereux.
Three times after this the two regiments side by side fell back
to new positions, each time by manoeuvre. Each halting-place
gave proof of the obstinate contest by the line of fallen dead
and wounded that marked the spot like a black line ; and the
'track of each regiment was strown with the brave men that fell
as they moved. At their last halt the enemy left them unmo-
lested. This was still in advance of the new line on which the
remainder of the division had reformed. From this point, the
Nineteenth were sent to the left in support of a battery hotly
engaged until dark, and the shattered remnant of the brave
fellows, fresh from its field of slaughter in the morning, stood
uncomplainingly at the new post. Li consequence of General
Sedgwick's wound. General Howard came into command of the
division. Li this fight the loss was most severe. Captain
George W. Batchelder received a wound, late in the engage-
ment, of which he died in a few hours. His was a loss that
was irreparable — one of those who had done most to promote
the efficiency of the regiment in its early career. He had been
the same brave, able soldier, cheerful comrade and noble man,
faithful to the last. Besides Colonel Hinks there were wounded,
Captain Edmund Rice, Captain Henry A. Hale, Lieutenant
Albert Thorndikc, Lieutenant John P. Reynolds, Jr., Lieuten-
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3. 223
ant Elisha A. Iliiiks, and Lieutenant-Colonel A. F. Dcvcreux,
slightly. Lieutenant Reynolds was wounded in the foot at
first, and was hobbling back to the regiment, when ordered by
Lieutenant-Golonel Devereux to quit the field. He stayed long
enough to receive still another wound.
After the battle of Antietam, Lieutenant-Colonel Devereux
getting leave of absence on account of death in his family, the
command of the regiment came into the hands of Captain H.
G. 0. Weymouth, assisted by Captain Mahony. Under his
command tlie regiment marched to Harper's Ferry and went
into camp September 21st, 1862.
The original number of the regiment was 836 ; recruits, 259 ;
resigned or discharged, 15 ; dismissed, 1 ; missing in action, 30 ;
killed in action or mortally wounded, 60 ; died of disease, 27 ;
accidental death, 1 ; discliarged for disability, 110 ; discharged
by order, 45 ; discharged by civil authority, 1 ; by promotion,
28 ; transferred to other regiments, 2 ; deserted, 109 ; wounded
in action, 217 ; total, present and absent, 524.
The foregoing forms a noble record of the Massachusetts
Nineteenth, but it does not tell all. Its last crowning act of
glory was crossing the Rappahannock, at Fredericksburg, in
boats, with the Michigan Seventh, to dislodge the enemy's
sharpshooters, who were picking off our men engaged in
building the pontoon bridges on which the Union army was to
cross. It was found impossible to complete the bridges, as long
as these rebel sharpsiiooters, securely hid in houses in Fred-
ericksburg, were picking off the men detailed to build them.
A call was made for volunteers to cross the river in boats and
dislodge the unseen foe. The Seventh Michigan and the Nine-
teenth Massachusetts immediately volunteered, on what might
well be regarded as a forlorn hope. They crossed, and drove
the enemy back, so that the bridges were completed without
further molestation.
The next morning, the enemy's pickets having retired, the
Nineteenth Regiment lay all day waiting for orders, nothing
having transpired during the day or night. On the morning of
the 13th they received orders to march, when they were taken to
the front, and immediately ordered, with the rest of the brigade,
to take possession of some rifle pits in our front. The regiment
advanced slowly and steadily about half the distance, when
224
ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
[Jan.
finding that they liad no support, they were ol)liged to oblique
to the left, to cover themselves from a galling fire. This
position they held until being nearly out of ammunition, word
was sent to the brigade commander to know what they should
do. At this point, Captains Weymouth and Mahony having
been wounded, the command of the regiment devolved tipon
Captain J. F. Plympton. Orders being received to fall back, it
was done in good order, and they foimed again with the rest of
the brigade. About twelve o'clock at night they were relieved,
and marched back to the city and bivouacked. Next morning
they received orders to take position in the rear, where they
remained until Monday at seven, P. M., when they advanced to
the next line. A detail was then made of one commissioned
officer and twenty-five men for a fatigue party ; after having
been gone one hour they returned, and at the same time
they received orders to march, when they recrossed the river,
arriving at the camp after midnight. The colors of the regi-
ment were carried by eleven different persons, eight of whom
were shot. The aggregate loss of the regiment was — enlisted
TWENTIETH REGIMENT.
NAMES.
Rank.
Date of Commis-
sions.
William Raymond Lee,
Francis ^V. Palfrey,
Paul J. Revere,
Henry Bryant,
Nathan Hayward, .
Nathan Hayward, .
Edward H. R. Revere,
Charles L. Pierson,
Charles W. Folsnm,
Renjamin F. Taft, .
Ferdinand Dreher, .
Francis W. Palfrey,
George N. INlacy, .
Ferdinand Dreher, .
Henry M. Tremlett,
John Hcrchenroder,
Ferdinand Dreher, .
Caspar Crown ingshield,
George A. Sihmitt,
Edmund A. Walleston,
Henry J. Sweeney,
John C. Putnam,
Colonel,
Lieut. Colonel, .
Major,
Surgeon, .
Assistant-Surgeon,
Surgeon, .
Assistant-Surgeon,
First Lieut., (Adj't.) .
" ^ (Quart'r,)
Assistant-Surgeon,
Major,
Colonel, .
Major,
Lieut. Colonel, .
Captain, .
"
"
July 1, 1861,
1, "
1, "
1, "
1, "
Sept. 10, "
10, "
July 1, "
1, "
Aug. 22, 1862,
Sept. .5, "
Dee. 18, "
18, "
18, "
July 10, 1861,
10, "
10, "
10, "
10, "
10, "
10, "
10, "
1863.]
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225
men, killed, 13
officers, killed, 1
wounded, 75 ; missing, 7 ; commissioned
wounded, 8. Making a total of 104 out of
about 300 men engaged in the action.
The following is an abstract of the roster : —
1 Major killed at battle of Fair Oaks.
1 Assistant-Surgeon promoted Surgeon 14th Kegiment.
1 Cliaplaia transferred to 22d Regiment.
1 Major promoted Lieutenant-Colonel 41st Regiment Mass. Vol.
1 Assistant-Surgeon died in hospital.
2 Captains promoted Majors.
1 Captain killed battle of Antietam, September 17, 1862.
7 First Lieutenants promoted Captains.
1 First Lieutenant killed battle of Fair Oaks, June 30, 1862.
1 First Lieutenant died of wounds received at Fredericksburg.
13 Second Lieutenants promoted First Lieutenants.
2 Second Lieutenants killed in battle.
1 Second Lieutenant discharged by sentence of Court Martial.
1 Second Lieutenant dropped from rolls.
22 Second Lieutenants have been taken from enlisted men.
1 First Lieuetnant and 1 Second Lieutenant have been taken from civlliaas.
37 Commissions have been made for this regiment during the year 1862.
TWENTIETH HEGIMENT.
Residence.
Discharged.
Remarks.
Roxbury, .
Dec.
17, 1862.
Boston, .
Promoted Colonel, Dec. 18, 1862.
Sept.
4, 1862,
Assistant Inspector-General, U. S. A.
Promoted Brigade-Surgeon, Sept. 10, 1861.
Roxbury,
11
•
" Surgeon, Sept. 10, 1861.
Boston, .
Killed at battle Antietam, Sept. 17, 1862.
Salem,
.
App'ted Lieut. Col. 39th Reg't, Aug. 30, '62.
Cambridge,
.
Transferred to 19th Reg't, Jan. 17'", 1863.
Blackstone,
-
-
- -
Boston, .
4t
•
Promoted Lieut. Colonel, Dec. 18, 1862.
Nantucket,
_
_
_ _
Boston, .
-
-
- -
u
Major in 39th Reg't, Aug. 28, 1862.
ii
Nov.
7, 1861.
- _
u
Promoted Major, Sept. 5, 1862.
ii
.
Captain in 1st Reg't Cavalry, Nov. 25, '61.
Cambridge,
—
_
— _
Boston, .
Nov.
9, 1861.
- _
a
Oct.
3, "
-
u
~
"
29-
220 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
Twentieth Regiment — Continued.
[Jan.
N A ai E S .
Date of Commis-
sions.
"William F. Bartlett,
Allen Slieparcl,
Alois Babo,
Charles F. Cabot,
Georo-e N. Macy,
A. W. Beckwith,
N. P. Hallowell,
Oliver W. Holmes, Jr.
Henry L. Abbott,
Charles L. Tilden,
Charles A. Whittier
Arthur R. Curtis,
O. Wendell Holmes, Jr.,
John W. LeBarnes,
Alois Babo,
George B. Perry,
James J. Lowell,
Charles F. Cabot,
Henry Capen,
N. P. Hallowell,
George N. Macy,
Allen \V. Beckwith
William F. Milton,
Charles L. Tilden,
Henry H. Sturgis,
Henry L. Abbott,
August Miiller,
Charles A. Whittier
Arthur R. Curtis,
l^athaniel T. Messer
August Miiller,
Henry F. Sander,
Herbert C Mason,
James Murphy,
William R. Riddle,
Henry L. Patten,
Henry Ropes, .
Edward N. Hallowell,
William F. Perkins,
Charles A. Whittier
August Miiller,
Reinhold Wesselhoeft,
Nathaniel T. Messer,
William L. Putnam
Charles (). Day,
William F. Milton,
Henry H. Stui-gis,
Henry L. Abbott,
Charles L. Tilden,
Arthur R. Curtis,
James Murphy,
Captain,
First Lieutenant,
Second Lieutenant,
July
Oct.
Nov.
Oct.
Nov.
Mar.
Aug.
Sept.
Nov.
Dec.
July
Oct.
Nov.
Oct.
Nov.
Jan.
Mar.
July
Aus.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
July
Nov. 25,
10, 1861,
10, "
12 "
10,' "
8, ''
22, "
26, "
23, "
29, "
5, "
12, 1862.
14, "
10, 1861,
10, "
10, "
10, "
10, "
10, "
10, "
10, "
10, "
10, "
12, "
9, "
10, "
8, "
22 "
26 "
le' 1862,
27, "
23, "
7, "
8, "
29, "
5, "
1, "
o "
12 "
li', "
10, 1861,
10, "
10, "
10, "
10, "
10, "
10, "
10, "
10, "
10, "
1863.]
HOUSE— No. 3.
Twentieth Regiment — Continued.
227
Dischavged.
Wintlirop,
Nov. 12,
18G2,
Colonel 49th Regiment, M. V. M.
Boston, .
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Drowned, Oct. 21, 1801.
1.1.
Killed at Fi'edcricksburg, Dec. 11, 1862.
Nantucket,
Promoted Major, Dec. 18, 1862.
Boston, .
Mar. 22,
1802.
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Cambridi^e,
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Boston, .
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Lowell, .
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Boston, .
Jan. 5,
1863.
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IS.
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Promoted Captain, March 23, 1862.
11
Mar. 26,
1862.
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Promoted Captain, Oct. 12, 1861.
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Sept. 30,
1862.
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Cambridge,
Killed in battle, July 6, 1862.
Boston, .
Promoted Captain, Nov. 10, 1861.
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Oct. 8,
1861.
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Cambridge,
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Promoted Captain, Nov. 26, 1861.
Nantucket,
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Boston, .
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" " Oct. 22' "
West Roxbury,
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Boston, .
Promoted Captain, Sept. 5, 1862.
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July 7,
1862.
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Lowell, .
Promoted Captain, Aug. 29, 1862.
Boston, .
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Declined promotion.
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Promoted Captain, Nov. 12, 1862.
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Dec. 14, "
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Promoted Captain, Jan. 6, 1863.
Koxbury,
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Cambridge,
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March 23, 1862.
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Drowned, Oct. 21, 1861.
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Promoted 1st Lieut., March 27, 1862.
Eoxbury, .
Died, Oct. 22, 1861.
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Oct. 8,
1861.
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West Roxbury,
Promoted 1st Lieut., Oct. 12, 1861.
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" " Aug. 29, "
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Twentieth Regiment — Continued.
[Jan.
X A :m E s .
•
Eaiik.
Date of Commis-
sions.
William R. lliddle
Second Lieutenant, .
Oct. 9,
18G1,
Herbert C. Mason, .
Nov. 25,
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Henry L. Patten, .
25,
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Henry F. Sander, .
2.5,
11
Henry Ropes,
Edward N. Hallowell,
Nov. 25,
Jan. 11,
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1862,
William F. Perkins,
16,
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Thomas J. Pousland,
April 12,
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Anton Hirschauer, .
12,
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Robert S. Beckwitli,
July 7,
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Henry E. Wilkins, .
8,
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Leander F. Alley, .
Thomas M. McKay.
Samuel Willard,
Aug. 29,
Sept. 5,
Oct. 1,
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Lansincj E. Hibbard,
Nov. 12,
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W. H. Walker,
Oct. 2,
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Charles Cowgill,
Dec. 14,
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John Kellihen,
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The Twentieth Regiment was recruited at " Camp Massasoit,"
Readville, and left the State September 4th, 1861. It bore a
prominent part at Ball's Bluff, Va. Colonel Lee, Major Revere
and Adjutant Peirson were taken prisoners, and were confined
for many months as hostages, in a cell in the Richmond jaiL
They were afterwards exchanged. In the same battle, Lieu-
tenant Putnam was killed, Captain Putnam lost an arm,
Captains Dreher and Schmitt were severely wounded, and
others were lost in swimming the Potomac from the Bluff to
Harrison's Island.
I quote entire the narrative of the regiment sent to me by
the officer in command. It embraces twelve months, from the
10th of November, 1861, to the 10th of November, 1862.
On the 10th of November, 1861, the Twentieth Regiment
Massachusetts Yolunteers was stationed at " Camp Benton,"
near Poolesville, Md. It was commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel
P. W. Palfrey, Colonel Lee being a prisoner in Riclimond. It
formed a part of the brigade commanded by General Lander,
and of the division entitled the " Corps of Observation " com-
manded by General Stone. In the course of the winter General
Dana succeeded General Lander, and General Sedgwick suc-
ceeded General Stone. The winter at Camp Benton was spent
1863.]
HOUSE— No. 3.
Twentieth Regiment — Continued.
229
Eesidencc.
Discharged.
Remarks.
•
Boston, .
Promoted 1st Lieut., Sept. 5, 1862.
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" " July 8, "
Cambridge,
" " Oct. 1, "
Boston, .
" " July 7, "
Boston, .
Oct. 2,1862.
Medford, .
" " Nov. 12, "
Boston, .
" " Dec. 14, "
Beverly, .
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Died of wounds, Dec. 31, 1862.
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Promoted 1st Lieut., Jan. 6, 1863.
Nantucket,
Killed at Fredericksburg, Dec. 13, 1862.
Boston, .
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Dover, Del.,
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Bridgewater, .
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in pursuing the usual round of camp duties, the only active
service in which the regiment engaged was picketing the
Potomac from Edward's Ferry to Seneca Mills.
On the twenty-fifth of February the Twentieth broke up
camp preparatory to entering upon an active campaign. It
first removed to " Camp Lee," so named in honor of Colonel
Lee, in the immediate vicinity of Poolesville.
On the 11th of March, Dana's Brigade, including the
Twentieth, left Poolesville to join the rest of the division,
which had already gone forward to the assistance of General
Banks in his advance down the Valley of the Shenandoah. The
brigade marched, however, no farther than Berryville, Va.,
where the whole division was ordered back, the enemy having
been driven out of Winchester. Sedgwick's Division was
stationed in Bolivar, the Twentieth being cantoned in the
deserted houses of that town. On the 25th, Dana's Brigade
removed to Washington ; 27th, the Twentieth embarked on
board of the transport " Catskill," on the 28th started for
the Peninsula, and on the 31st landed at Hampton, Va. In a
short time the whole Army of the Potomac was collected and
encamped near the ruins of that village. By the organization
of the Army of the Potomac established a short time previous,
230 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
Sedgwick's Division was made a part of the Second Corps
d'Armee, under the command of General Sumner.
Sunmer's Corps began its march up the Peninsula on the
5th day of April, over a country utterly desolate, and through
the recently abandoned fortifications of the enemy; 7th, it
encamped a few miles ffrom Yorktown. The camp of the
whole Army of the Potomac was called " Camp Winfield Scott."
A little more than a week was spent by the corps in this first
camp before Yorktown; 9th, Dana's Brigade went out on a
reconnoissance before the earthworks of the enemy. The object
of tlie reconnoissance being gained, the brigade returned in
darkness and rain, wading through mud and water knee deep,
'to their camp. No one of the Twentieth was injured in this
expedition.
On or about the 17th of April, the regiment removed to the
immediate vicinity of the enemy's fortifications. The name of
the camp was still " Winfield Scott." Sumner's Corps was
nearly in the centre of our lines. The camp of the Twentieth
■was in a swamp. The slightest rain, — and the rains of the
Peninsula were not often slight, — covered the surface of the
ground with water. The men had only shelter tents, serving
as a very slight protection from the rain.
Most of the troops in " Camp Winfield Scott " were within
range of the enemy's guns. No music or calls of any kind
were allowed in camp. The troops were kept constantly on the
alert. They were roused up at three in the morning, and kept
standing under arms until full daylight. Often alarms started
them up several times in the same night. Once in three days
the Twentieth performed picket duty for twenty-four hours ;
duty, under the circumstances, of special anxiety and precau-
tion. The earthworks of the enemy were visible through the
trees by day, and the lights of their ^yorking parties by night.
The sound of their conversation could be indistinctly heard,
and an occasional volley, or a single shot from some sharp-
shooter, reminded the picket to be on his guard. Captain
Bartlett, acting Lieutenant-Colonel, and several enlisted men,
were shot while here.
When not on picket, the regiment furnished frequent details
for working parties, botli night and day, on roads, fortifications,
and in the trenches. All these employments, added to the
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3. 231
ordinary duties of camp, pressed severely upon officers and
men.
May 1st, Colonel Lee, Major and Dr. Revere, returned to the
regiment. The next day Colonel Lee took the regiment out on
picket, and on the morning succeeding led the Twentieth into
the fortifications of the enemy, which were abandoned on the
night previous. The flag of the Twentieth was among the
first planted on those fortifications ; 5th, the Twentieth left
" Camp Winfield Scott," and by night marched through York-
town ; 6th, it embarked on the transport Yanderbilt, for West
Point; 7th, was the battle of West Point; the Twentieth was
drawn up in line of battle on the extreme left, supporting Por-
ter's (Massachusetts) Battery, a position of honor. No one ot
the Twentieth was injured in this battle. 9th, the regiment
marched to Eltham Landing. From Eltham it marched to
Cumberland Landing, to Mayo's plantation. They encamped
on the banks of the Chickahominy, near the Tyler House,
formerly the residence of Ex-President Tyler. 31st, was the
first day of the battle of Fair Oaks. In the forenoon of
that day, our forces already across the river had been defeated
with great slaughter. At three o'clock in the afternoon
Sumner's Corps started to cross to the right bank of the
Chickahominy. The river was much swollen, and the bridge
so much injured that Sedgwick's Division alone succeeded in
crossing that night. The Twentieth was in the rear of the
division, and reached the battle-field at about five o'clock in the
afternoon. It took its position on the left, and opened fire
upon the enemy. It was finally ordered to advance, to charge
bayonet, but before an actual charge was made, the enemy's
lines bfoke in confusion. The battle ended at dark, and the
Twentieth rested for the night on the ground won from the
enemy.
In the next day's battle the Twentieth took no part, except
the passive one of exposure to danger.
In the battle of Fair Oaks, no officer of the regiment was
injured. Three enlisted men were killed, and twenty-two
wounded. During the night, after the first day's battle, squads
of men were sent out from the regiment to collect the wounded
and stragglers of the enemy. In this way over a hundred
prisoners were taken, among them Brigadier-General Pettigrew,
232 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
commanding- the Hampton Legion. The surgeons of the regi-
ment dressed the wounds of the prisoners, and the men volun-
tarily gave up their rubber blankets to them.
The Twentietli, immediately after the battle, was placed on
picket, where it remained nearly twelve days. During this
time it rained almost ceaselessly, and during a part of it the
men were without blankets or tents. When it was relieved, it
encamped near Fair Oaks, where it remained until the retreat
to James River. While in this camp the regiment was exposed
to the same hardships, and performed the same duties, as before
Yorktown.
On the 28th of June, the news that the army was on the
retreat reached the Twentieth. On the night of the 28th it
was placed in the front on picket. On the 29th it began its
march to the James River. It was on that day in the rear of
Sedgwick's Division, and that division was in the rear of one
column of retreat. There was a brief skirmish at Allen's
Farm, and a battle the same afternoon at Savage's Station. The
enemy were repulsed in that battle, as in every other during
the retreat. The Twentieth lost six men, wounded. At mid-
night the retreat was noiselessly resumed. A halt was made at
Nelson's Farm. At about noon Dana's brigade marched back
to White Oak Swamp, where a hotly contested battle was
fought for the possession of the bridge over the swamp. The
brigade was not however called into action there. At about
four o'clock in the afternoon, it was ordered back, and at Nelson's
Farm took part in another battle. The enemy had attacked
our forces at Nelson's Farm, and driven them back with
slaughter. The Twentieth, as soon as it reached the field,
advanced, accompanied by another regiment, consi<ierably
beyond the rest of our lines. The enemy were in strong-
force, and the fire was so hot that the regiment on the left of
the Twentieth broke without firing a shot. The latter regiment
stood its ground for an hour or more, when, at the order of
Lieutenant-Colonel Palfrey — Colonel Lee being in command of
the brigade — the regiment, to avoid being overwhelmed, retired
in good order to a wood some two hundred yards in the rear.
The following were the casualties among the officers : Colonel
Lee, crushed by a wounded horse ; Lieutenant-Colonel Palfrey,
slightly wounded by a buck-shot in the shoulder ; Captain
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3. 233
Hallowell, Co. D, slightly by buck-shot in the side ; Lieutenant
Lowell, Co. E, mortally, (died in the hands of the enemy) ;
Lieutenant Miiller, Co. F, wounded and taken prisoner ; Lieut-
enant H. L. Abbott, Co. I, in the arm ; Lieutenant H. L.
Patten in the leg. Sixty-three enlisted men were killed or
wounded. At midnight the retreat was again resumed. The
Twentieth marched all night, and arrived at Malvern Hill at
six o'clock on the morning of July 1st. In the battle of Malvern
Hill the Twentieth took no active part, but was under fire the
whole day ; 2d, at two, A. M., it left Malvern Hill, and at noon
arrived at Harrison's Landing. It remained at or near Har-
rison's Landing until August 16th. August 4th, it marched on
the reconnoissance to Malvern Hill, under General Hooker ;
16th, the regiment began its march down tlie Peninsula, and on
August 22d reached Newport News ; 25th, left Newport News
on the steamer Atlantic. It landed at Alexandria on the 28th,
reached Tennallytown, Md., on the 30th ; on the 31st, with the
rest of Dana's brigade, re-crossed the Potomac, on its way to
the scene of General Pope's defeat. It marched twenty miles
in the midst of rain, and over roads slippery with mud, to
Fairfax Court-house.
September 1st, the Twentieth took up its position a few miles
beyond Fairfax Court-house, where it remained while one
column of Pope's army passed by in retreat. It then brought
up the rear of the column, and reached Alexandria at midnight.
One day's rest at Alexandria, and the march was resumed.
Twenty miles in sultry heat and in dust. The Twentieth
halted at Tennallytown, Md., a short time, and then marched to
Rockville, to Clarksburg, Hyattstown, Urbana, Frederick, Mid-
dletown, Boonsboro', Keedysville, and on the morning of the
17th to the battle-field of Antietam Creek. The march through
Maryland was slow, averaging six miles a day, but was weari-
some in the extreme.
The Twentieth took about four hundred men into the battle
of Antietamj many of them recruits. It was in the second
line, the division being in lines of brigades ; Gorman's brigade,
to which the Fifteenth Massachusetts belong, being front. The
division advanced over the field, already won from the enemy,
and covered with dead and wounded, and halted before a strong
position of the enemy. The second line were very near the first,
30
234 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
but were unable to fire. It stood quietly at ordered arms, while
shot and shell were pouring through it. Men were continually
falling in great numbers in the first line. Lieutenant-Colonel
Palfrey was wounded while the regiment was thus standing
inactive. Suddenly there was great confusion on the left. The
enemy had flanked Sedgwick's division. The Twentieth,
ordered by Colonel Lee, faced about ; the left wing fired four
or five rounds upon the enemy coming in upon its rear.
Meanwhile, the order to retire had been given by General
Sumner, and the Twentieth marched off by the right flank, and
in perfect order. Thus ended the part the Twentieth took in
the battle of Antietam.
Dr. E. H. R. Revere, assistant-surgeon, was shot through the
breast in this battle. Lieutenant-Colonel Palfrey was danger-
ously wounded by a grapeshot in the shoulder ; Captain Hallo-
well, severely in the arm ; Captain Holmes, severely in the
neck. One hundred and thirty-seven enlisted men were killed,
wounded or missing after the battle.
On the 23d of September, the Twentieth marched to Bolivar
Heights, Ya. On the 16th of October the regiment took part in
a reconnoissance under General Hancock, in the direction of
Winchester. Colonel Lee was in command of Dana's Brigade,
and the Twentieth being attached to another brigade (Fook's)
was commanded by Captain Dreher. The reconnoissance was a
complete success. It ended on the 18th of October. On the
30th, the regiment again left camp, and began its march in the
campaign not yet finished. There has been no battle thus far.
The chief part of the Army of the Potomac lies quietly
encamped at Warrenton, Va., (Nov. 10th.)
The Twentieth is now commanded by Captain Dreher. The
corps is commanded by General Couch, (a Massachusetts Gen-
eral,) and General Burnside commands the Army of the
Potomac.
Since the regiment left the State, five officers and seventy-
three enlisted men have been killed or died of wounds. Four-
teen officers and one hundred and eighty-four enlisted men
have been wounded. Seven officers and one hundred and
ninety-two enlisted men have been taken prisoners, most of
them at Ball's Bluff. Forty-eight men have deserted. No
accurate list can be given of those died of sickness.
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3. 235
The regiment now numbers 805 enlisted men ; of that
number 482 are present for duty.
Since the 10th of November of the present year the regiment
has been in the Army of the Potomac, and was with General
Burnside in the battle of Fredericksburg, where it sustained its
good name, and added additional honor to itself and to the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
The following is an abstract of the roster : —
1 Colonel discharged.
1 Lieutenant-Colonel promoted Colonel. ,
1 Major promoted Lieutenant-Colonel.
1 Major appointed Assistant Inspector-General, U. S. A.
1 Major discharged.
1 Surgeon promoted Brigade-Surgeon.
1 Assistant-Surgeon promoted Surgeon.
1 Assistant-Surgeon killed at Antietam, September 17, 1862.
1 Captain promoted Colonel 49th Regiment.
2 Captains j^romoted Majors 20th.
1 Captain promoted Major 39th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers.
1 Captain promoted Captain 1st Eegiment Cavalry, Mass. Vol.
1 Captain drowned October 21, 1862, swimming Potomac, Ball's Bluff.
1 Captain killed at Fredericksburg.
1 First Lieutenant promoted Lieutenant-Colonel 39th Regiment Mass. Vol.
10 First Lieutenants promoted Captains.
1 First Lieutenant killed in battle Malvern Hill'.
16 Second Lieutenants promoted First Lieutenants.
1 Second Lieutenant drowned Oct. 21, 1861, swimming Potomac, Ball's Bluff.
1 Second Lieutenant died October 22, 1861.
1 Second Lieutenant killed Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862.
4 Second Lieutenants have been taken from civilians.
18 Second Lieutenants promoted from enlisted men.
35 Commissions have been made for this regiment during the year 1862.
236 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
TWENTY-FIRST REGIMENT.
[Jaa.
Date of Commis-
sions.
Augustus Morse,
Albert C. Mago;i, .
WilHam SmitrClark,
Calvin Cutter,
J. Marcus Rice,
Orin Warren, .
Theron E. Hall, .
Geortje F. Thompson,
George S. Ball,
William S. Clark, .
Joseph P. Eice,
William S. Clark, .
Joseph P. Rice,
Joseph W. Hastings,
Theodore S. Foster,
James Oliver, .
Theodore S. Foster,
George P. Hawkes, .
George P. Hawkes,
Henry H. Richardson,
George P. Hawkes, .
Charles F. Walcott,
James M. Richardson,
Theodore S. Foster,
Pelham Bradford, .
B. Frank Rogers, .
Addison A. Walker,
Joseph P. Rice,
Henry H. Richardson,
Thomas S. Washburn,
John D. Frazer,
Solomon Hovey, Jr.,
Charles W. Davis, .
Ira J. Kelton, .
Samuel A. Taylor, .
William T. Harlow,
Woodbury Whittemore,
Thomas Francis,
George C. Hill,
Frederic M. Sanderson,
William H. Clark, .
Harrison Aldrich, .
Charles W. Davis, .
Wells Willard,
William T. Harlow,
Charles Barker,
Solomon Hovey, Jr.,
Charles K. Stoddard,
Alonzo P. Davis,
John D. Frazer,
Frazar A. Stearns, .
Colonel, .
Lieut. Colonel, .
Major,
Surgeon, .
Assistant-Surgeon,
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First Lieut., (Adj't,)
" " (Qrm'r,)
Chaplain, .
Lieut. Colonel, .
Major,
Colonel, .
Lieut. Colonel, .
Assistant-Surgeon,
Major,
Assistant-Surgeon,
Lieut. Colonel, .
Major,
Lieut. Colonel,
Major,
Captain,
First Lieutenant,
Aug.
Sept.
Aug.
Sept.
Aug.
Nov.
Feb.
May
June
May
July
Sept.
Dec.
Aug.
Feb.
Mar.
May
July
Sept.
Oct.
Dec.
Aug.
21, 1861,
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28, 1862,
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1863.] HOUSE— No. 3.
TWENTY-FIRST REGIMENT.
237
Leominster,
New Bedford,
Amherst, .
Warren, .
Worcester,
West Newbury,
Holden, .
Worcester,
Upton,
Amherst, .
Ashburnham,
Amherst, .
Ashburnham,
Warren, .
Fitchburg,
Athol,
Fitchburg,
Templeton,
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Pittsfield,
Templeton,
Boston, .
Hubbardston,
Fitchburg,
West Boylston,
Worcester,
Ashburnham,
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Pittsfield, .
Worcester,
Holyoke, .
Boston, .
Templeton,
Holden, .
Ashburnham,
Spencer, .
Lancaster,
Palmer, .
Shirley, .
Phillipston,
Pittsfield, .
Williamsv'e,Vt..
Templeton,
Springfield,
Spencer, .
Fitchburg,
Boston, .
Upton,
Ashburnham,
Holyoke, .
Amherst, .
Discharged.
May 15, 1862.
Feb. 27, "
June 23, 1862,
Dec. 3, 1862.
Dec. 17, 1862,
July 25, 1862.
July 26, 1862.
Mar. 2, "
May 13, "
Mar. |2, 1862,
Jan. 13, 1863.
Oct. 29, 1862.
Oct. 1, 1862,
June 16, 1862.
Jan. 16, 1862.
Promoted Lieut. Col., Feb. 28, 1862,
Declined. Commission returned.
Promoted Surgeon 33d Reg't, .June 9, 1862.
App't Com. Subsist'ce, U. S. A., July, 1862.
Oct. 1, 1862.
Promoted Colonel, May 16, 1862.
" Lieut. Colonel, May 16, 1862.
Died, Sept. 1, 1862.
Promoted Lieut. Colonel, Sept. 2, 1862.
Discharged as Major.
Promoted Lieut. Colonel, Dec. IS, 1862.
Promoted Major, Sept. 2, 1862.
Promoted Major, May 17, 1862.
Promoted Major, Feb. 28, 1862.
" " Dec. 18, "
Dismissed.
Died, Sept. 24, 1862.
Died of wounds, Sept. 24, 1862.
Promoted Captain, March 8, 1862.
" " 34th Keg't, Aug. 6, '62.
" " July 29, 1862.
Promoted Captain, March 3, 1862.
Died, Sept. 30, 1861.
Promoted Captain, Feb. 28, 1862.
Killed at Newbern, March 14, "
238 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
. Twenty-First Regiment — Continued.
[Jan .
NAMES.
Rank.
Date of Commis-
sions.
Mattlicw M. rarkliurst, .
First Lieutenant,
Aug. 21,
1861,
Samuel 0. Laforest,
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Oct. 16,
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Samuel A. Taylor, .
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Jan. 24,
1862,
Ira J. Kelton, .
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Feb. 28,
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Woodbury Whittemore,
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Mar. 3,
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John Brooks, Jr.,
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3,
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Eben T. Hevwood, .
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3,
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William H. Clark, .
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15,
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Thomas Francis,
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May 18,
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Henry A. Beckwith,
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June 19,
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William H. Valentine,
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Frederick M. Sanderson,
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July 21,
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Harrison Aldrich, .
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Asahel Wheeler,
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May 28,
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George C. Hill,
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July 28,
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Charles Goss, .
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Sept. 25,
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Frederic A. Bemis, .
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July 28,
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Alfred F. Walcott, .
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Oct. 1,
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Edward E. Howe, .
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George W. Gibson,
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Charles H. Parker, .
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Benjamin F. Fuller,
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George T. Barker, .
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George C. Parker, .
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Sept. 2,
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Orange S. Sampson,
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Oct. 30,
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Asa E. Hayward, .
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Dec. 18,
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John Brooks, Jr., .
Second Lieutentant, .
Aug. 21,
((
James W. Hopkins,
1.1. (1
21,
a
Ira J. Kelton, .
" "
21,
((
Eben T. Heywood, .
" "
21,
a
Woodbury Whittemore,
a u
21,
li
Samuel 0. Laforest,
" "
21,
a
Samuel A. Taylor, .
" "
21,
a
Solomon C. Shumway,
" "
21,
u
Joel W. Fletcher, .
" "
21,
u
John B. Williams, .
a ((
21,
(f
William Henry Valentine
}
" "
Jan. 1,
1862,
Asahel Wheeler,
" "
24,
((
Harrison Aldrich, .
" "
Mar. 3,
a
Henry A. Beckwith,
" "
3,
u
Frederick M. Sanderson,
" "
3,
li
Charles Coolidge, .
" "
3,
u
Frederic A. Bemis,
" "
Feb. 28,
((
Charles Goss, .
" "
July 22,
t(
Alfred F. Walcott, .
" "
June 20,
u
George C. Parker, .
" "
20,
((
William B. Hill, .
" "
July 22,
i(
Edward E. Howe, .
" "
22,
u
Charles H. Parker, .
" "
May 28,'
((
William E. Richardson, .
(1 u
Mar. 31,
((
George C. Hill,
" "
June 21,
u
1863.]
HOUSE— No. 3.
Twenty-First Regiment — Continued.
2a9
Eesldence.
Discharged.
Remarks.
Bai're,
IMar. 3, 186
2. - -
Boston, .
June 16, "
- -
Ashburnham, .
Promoted Captain, May 28, 1862.
I-Iolden, .
.
May 17, "
Lancaster,
" " July 27, "
Templeton,
July 18, 186
2. -
Fitchburg,
18, "
- -
Pittsficld, .
Promoted Captain, Oct. 30, 1862.
Palmer, .
Sept. 26, "
Fitchburg,
. . •
Died, Sept. 6, 1862.
Worcester,
_ —
- -
Phillipston,
Promoted Captain, Sept. 2, 1862.
Wirmsville,Vt.,
_ _
Dec. 18, "
Ashburnham, .
_ _
_ -
Shirley, .
.
Promoted Captain, Sept. 2.5, 1862.
Sterling, .
_ -
- -
Spencer, .
.
Died, Sept. 1, 1862.
Salem,
- -
- -
Worcester,
-
-
Quincy, .
-
- -
Ashburnham, .
_ —
— —
Templeton,
-
- - ■
Boston, .
_ —
— —
Worcester,
-
-
Huntington,
- -
-
Springfield,
-
-
Templeton,
Promoted 1st Lieut., March 3, 1862.
Springfield,
Jan. 11, 186
3. -
Holden, .
.
Promoted 1st Lieut., Feb. 28, 1862.
Fitchburg,
" " March 3, "
Lancaster,
u ti u 3^ u
Boston, .
" " Oct. 16, 1861.
Ashburnham, .
Jan. 24, 1862.
Belchertown, .
_ -
- -
Leominster,
May 12, 186
2. -
Bai-re,
Mar. 2, "
— —
Worcester,
,
Promoted 1st Lieut., June 17, 1862.
Ashburnham, .
May 28, "
Wil'msville, Vt.,
« « July 18, "
Fitchburg,
» " June 17, "
Phillipston,
July 18, "
Sterling, .
. Died, March 80, 1862.
Spencer, .
Promoted 1st Lieut., July 28, 1862.
Sterling, .
Sept. 25, "
Salem,
" " Oct. 1, "
Worcester,
" " Sept. 2, "
Gardner, .
Died, Sept. 1, 1862.
Worcester,
Promoted 1st Lieut., Sept. 26, 1862.
Ashburnham, .
u u 6, "
Boston, .
" " 33d Reg., June 20, '62
Shirley, .
July 28, 1862.
240
ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
Twenty-First Regiment — Continued.
[Jan.
Date of Commis-
NAMES.
Eank.
sions.
Henry C Holbrook,
Second Lieutenant, .
July 27, 1802,
George W. Gibson,
29, "
George M. Munroe,
Sept. 6, "
John F. Lewis, ....
Oct. 1, "
George F. Lawrence,
Sept. 26, "
Orange S. Sampson,
2 "
Henry S. Hitchcock,
25, "
Asa E. Hayward, ....
O U
John Kelt,
18, "
Ira B. Goodrich, ....
9 »
Joseph H. Whitney,
Oct. 30, "
Edwin F. Field, ....
Dec. 18, "
The following honorable record of the regiment, since it left
the Commonwealth, has been furnished to me by Major Foster :
I have the honor to send you a report of the Twenty-First
Regiment Massachusetts Yolunteers, from the 23d of August,
1861, when they left the State, to the 10th of Novmber, 1862.
The Twenty-First Regiment Massachusetts Yolunteers left
" Camp Lincoln," at Worcester, Mass., for the seat of war, on the
23d day of August, 1861, numbering, in the aggregate, one
thousand and four men, under the command of Colonel
Augustus Morse. The regiment was mainly composed of
Worcester County men, a very large proportion of whom were
native born, and, having been selected with great care,
constituted a fair representation of the intellect and muscle of
the State. The regiment arrived in Baltimore, Md,, August
2.5th, and went into camp in " Patterson Park " ; the camp was
named " Camp Lincoln " in honor of the President. Camp was
broken on the 29th, and on the same day the regiment arrived at
the Naval School, Annapolis, Md., leaving four companies on
the way at Annapolis Junction, to picket the railroad between
that place and Annapolis, to protect the railroad, and prevent
contraband goods from passing from Baltimore into Virginia,
though Lower Maryland.
On the 18th December, 1861, the four companies, then on
picket duty, were called in to join the six companies at
Annapolis, and, for the first time since August 29th, the reg-
iment was together again. The regiment was selected to go
1863.]
HOUSE— No. 3.
Twenty-First Regiment — Continued.
241
Residence.
Discharged.
Remarks.
Barre,
Quincy, .
Boston, .
Templeton,
Hard wick,
Huntinjiton,
Templeton,
Spriniffield,
Holyoke, .
Fitchburg,
Ashburnham, .
Boston, .
«
Killed, Sept. 17, 1862.
Promoted 1st Lieut., Sept. 2, 1862.
Promoted 1st Lieut., Oct. 30, 1862.
Promoted 1st Lieut, Dec. 18, 1862.
on the Burnside expedition, and under command of Lieutenani-
Colonel Alberto C. Maggi, Colonel Morse remaining at
Annapolis as commandant of the post, went on board
the steamer " Northerner," January 6th, 1862. The regiment
embarked nine hundred and thirty-seven men, in the aggregate.
The regiment passed a stormy and distressing month on board
the " Northerner," most of which period was spent at Cape
Hatteras. The men were remarkably free from disease during
this time, though four members of the regiment died of
.typhoid fever, while on board ship.
Late in the afternoon of February 7tli, the Twenty-First was
disembarked to take part in the attack upon the rebel forces
entrenched on Roanoke Island, and effected a landing, under
cover of the gunboats, without loss. To the Twenty-First was
assigned the honor of doing picket duty for the division that
night ; this dangerous duty was well performed, with the loss
of one man, severely wounded by tlie enemy. The regiment
were remarkably cool in the battle of the next day, 8th. The
action commenced early in the morning, by an attack upon a
rebel battery, strongly supported, and well covered by the
enemy's skirmishers. Tlie Twenty-First, gallantly and skil-
fully led by Lieutenant-Colonel Maggi, worked their way,
under the enemy's fire, through a deep swamp full of dense
underbrush and briers, which protected the right flank of the
battery, and was considered by the enemy as impassable.
Having flank"ed the position, the regiment made a brave, steady
31
242 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
charge witli the bayonet, driving the enemy from their works,
and capturing the rebel flag wliich was on the battery, they
planted in its place their regimental ^State flaar which was the
first Union color in the battery. The loss of the regiment in
the battle of Roanoke Island was : —
Commissioned Officers, 2 wounded : Captain T. S. Foster ;
First Lieutenant F. A. Stearns. Enlisted men, 5 killed ; 50
wounded ; 8 of them mortally, who have since died. Total,
killed and wounded in the action, 57.
After the battle, the regiment went into camp on Roanoke
Island. The camp was called " Camp Burnside," in honor of
the general commanding. On the 4tli of March, 1862, Lieu-
tenant-Colonel Maggi resigned his commission, and Major W. S.
Clark was promoted to the vacant Lieutenant-Colonelcy, and
took command of the regiment.
The regiment embarked on the steamer " Northerner," and
left Roanoke Island, for Newbern, N. C, on the 11th day of
March. In the battle of Newbern, the regiment took a promi-
nent part; its right wing pierced the centre of the enemy's
entrenchments and captured a battery of light artillery, by a
bayonet charge — the first guns taken that day ; while the left
■wing, steadily, and with success, engaged the enemy, strongly
posted in rifle-pits, taking a number of prisoners.
The regiment was highly commended in the official reports,
for the dash and bravery which it displayed in this action, and
General Burnside presented them with the first gun taken
by them from the enemy, — a brass field-piece, — " as a monu-
ment to the memory of a brave man," referring to First Lieu-
tenant F. A. Stearns, who was killed early in the action.
The loss suffered by the regiment in the battle of Newbern,
was : —
Commissioned officers killed, 1 ; First Lieutenant F. A.
Stearns. Wounded, 2 ; Captain J. D. Frazer, Second Lieuten-
ant H. Aldrich.
Enlisted men killed, 19. Wounded, 35 ; four of them mor-
tally, who have since died.
Total killed and wounded in the action, 57.
After the battle, the regiment went into camp at Newbern.
The camp was called " Camp Andrew," in honor of the
Governor of Massachusetts.
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3. 243
Oji the 17th day of April, the regiment went on board the
<' Northerner " again, and hmding at Elizabeth City, North
Carolina, at day-break on the 19th, after a distressing forced
march of nearly twenty miles, took part in the spirited battle
of Camden, fitly celebrating the anniversary of the first blood
shed in the suppression of the rebellion, by a victory. The
loss of the regiment in the battle of Camden, was : —
Enlisted men killed, 1 ; wounded, 14 ; 3 of them mortally,
who have since died ; prisoner, 1.
Total killed and wounded in the action, 15.
The object of the expedition having been accomplished, the
regiment marched back to Elizabeth City, re-embarked on board
the " Northerner," within twenty-four hours from the time
they left it, and returned to their camp at Newbern.
On the 17th of May, 18G2, the regiment was called on to
make a forced march to Pollocksville, to the rescue of the Sec-
ond Regiment Maryland Volunteers, who were reported as
surrounded by superior numbers of the enemy. The regiment
started at four, A. M., without waiting for breakfast, and
marched eleven miles, with great rapidity, in a drenching rain,
and through deep, sticky mud, when it was discovered that the
enemy were retreating and the Marylanders safe. The Twenty-
First made coffee, and provided food out of rations which they
had brought with them for their own use, for their half-famished
brethren from Maryland, who had lived for three days on one
day's rations. This act of kindness was fully appreciated by
the recipients, and the commanding officer of the Second
Maryland issued an order in the name of his regiment, thank-
ing the Twenty-First for the alacrity with which they marched
to the rescue, and greeting them as brothers for their kindness
in feeding his hungry men.
On the 6th July, 1862, the Twenty-First Regiment went on
board the schooners " Scout " and " Farrington ; " arrived off
Fortress Monroe on the 8th, and on the 9th went into camp at
Newport News, Va. The camp was called " Camp Lincoln,"
in honor of the President.
On the 2d August, 1862, the regiment went on board the
steamers " Nantasket " and " Highland. Light," and disem-
barked at Acquia Creek, Va., on the 4th ; went to Fredericks-
burg by rail, where they went into camp ; 12th, the regiment
2U ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
left camp at Fredericksburg, and leaving tents and baggage
behind, started, as a part of a detachment of the Ninth Army-
Corps, under General Reno, to report to General Pope, on the
Rapidan. During General Pope's retreat from the line of the
Rapidan, and along the Rappahannock, the Twenty-First
suffered, in common with the rest of the army, all the hard-
ships which a disastrous campaign inflicts upon the soldier, and,
for a large portion of the time, performed the arduous and
dangerous duties of rear guard, on the retreat. Without
shelter from the elements, exhausted by long and distressing
marches, suffering frequently for want of food, for three weeks
they constantly stood to their arms with undiminished courage.
The regiment can look back to the battle of " Bull Run, No,
Two," with which General Pope's campaign in Virginia con-
cluded, with feelings of pride for the part which they took in
it ; to them, it was no defeat. On the 29th, the brigade of
which the Twenty-First formed a portion, was posted in support
of batteries, on the right of our line ; and on the 30th, when
every thing on the left seemed lost, they, under the guidance
of the brave and skilful Reno, stopped the enemy in the moment
of victory, and prevented them from realizing its fruits.
Though, on account of the favorable nature of the ground
wliich they occupied throughout the battle, the Twenty-First
were enabled to inflict much damage upon the enemy, their
own loss was very small, and was : —
Enlisted men wounded, 6 ; missing, 3.
Total, wounded and missing in the action, 9.
On tlie 1st of September, 1862, the enemy made an attempt
to cut off the Union forces at Centreville, of which the Twenty-
First regiment were a portion, from the defences of Washington
and Alexandria. To delay this movement of the enemy until
the baggage and artillery were in safety, the battle of " Chan-
tilly " was fought.
The Twenty-First took part in the battle of " Chantilly."
Here they suffered the severest loss which they liave so far
experienced. Ordered into action just as night was coming
on, in a severe thunder-storm, to figlit against an enemy of
whose numbers and position no one seemed to be aware, they
fell into an ambuscade of the rebel regiments. Though some-
what thrown into confusion by the fearful slaughter inflicted
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3. 245
upon them by the first volley from their concealed foes, the
regiment held its ground. Tlie rain soon made most of the
guns on both sides unserviceable, but the Twenty-First were
not afraid to rely upon the bayonet, which in many instances
were used by both parties, till, by the timely arrival of reinforce-
ments, the enemy were driven from the field, with the loss of
many killed, wounded and prisoners. About midnight, after
the battle, the baggage-trains being in safety, the Union forces
were drawn back to Fairfax Court-house, and we were com-
pelled to leave most of our seriously wounded to be taken pris-
oners by the enemy, as well as several men who were engaged
in bringing them from the field, and assisting the surgeons.
The loss suffered by the Twenty-First Regiment in the
" battle of Chantilly," was : —
Commissioned officers killed, 3 ; Lieutenant-Colonel J. P.
Rice, First Lieutenant F. A. Bemis, Second Lieutenant W. B.
Hill. Mortally wounded and died soon after the action, 3 ;
Captain J. D. Frazer, Captain L J. Kelton, First Lieutenant
H. A. Beckwith. Wounded and prisoners, 2 ; First Lieutenant
W. H. Clark, Acting Second Lieutenant S. McCabe. Prisoners,
3 ; Captain G. P. Hawkes, Acting Major ; Adjutant W. Wil-
lard. Second Lieutenant G-. C. Parker.
Enlisted men killed, 22 ; mortally wounded, and died soon
after the action, 8 ; wounded and prisoners, 24 ; wounded, 45 ;
prisoners, 34.
Total, killed and wounded in the action, 107 ; prisoners, not
wounded, 37.
Aggregate, 144.
From Fairfax Court-house, the regiment marched, by way of
Alexandria, to Washington, where they arrived on the 5th of
September, and on the 7th marched with the Ninth Army Corps,
as part of General McClellan's army, to aid in driving the
rebel forces from Maryland.
The Twenty-First were engaged at the battle of " South
Mountain." The loss of the regiment in this action, was in
Enlisted men, wounded, 5.
The Twenty-First took part in the battle of Antietam, and
shed their fall proportion of the blood which christened that
day as " Bloody Wednesday," as part of the left wing of the
army. The brigade to which they belonged charged across the
246
ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
[Jan.
bridge over the " Antietam," and held their ground upon the
other bank for more than an hour of the time, without ammu-
nition, against an attacking force far superior in numbers.
The loss of the regiment in the battle of Antietam was large,
considering the fact that it took less than 150 men into the
action, (two of the companies being at the time in Frederick,
Md., where they had been sent in charge of prisoners captured
at South Mountain), and was, as follows : —
Commissioned officers killed, 1 ; Second Lieutenant H. C.
Holbrook. Wounded, 3 ; Second Lieutenants C. H. Parker,
C. Goss, and G. W. Gibson. Enlisted men killed, 6 ; wounded,
34, three of them mortally, who have since died.
Total killed and wounded at Antietanji, 44.
After the battle the regiment went into camp at the mouth of
Antietam Creek, and subsequently in Pleasant Valley, Md.,
where they remained until the 27th day of October, 1862, when
camp was broken, and they crossed the Potomac, under com-
mand of Major T. S. Poster, in the absence of Colonel W. S.
Clark, who is at present absent in Massachusetts, incapacitated
by sickness.
Total number of killed, wounded, prisoners and deserters
belonging to the regiment : —
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9
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Enlisted Men, .
79
195
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Totals,
87
204
38
3
31
including 2 officers and 24 men taken prisoners subsequently
to being wounded.
Total killed and wounded, 291. Aggregate of casualties in
action, prisoners, missing and deserters, 363.
Since leaving the State, the number of those who have died
from disease, accident, &c., is : —
Died from disease — Commissioned officers, 1 ; Second Lieu-
tenant Charles Coolidge. Enlisted men, 43. Total, 44.
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3. 247
Killed by accident — Commissioned officers, 1 ; First Li(3uteu-
ant S. IT. Stoddard. Enlisted men, 3. Total, 4.
Aggregate of deaths by disease and accident, 48.
Since the above report was received a communication has
been received from Colonel Clark, showing the part taken hy
the regiment in the battle of Fredericksburg, in which he says :
the Twenty-First crossed the Rappahannock on the upper
pontoon bridge, on Friday, the 12th of December, 18G2,
numbering 284, officers and enlisted men, and remained
with the brigade until 10 o'clock the nest morning, when they
were ordered to support the Tenth New Hampshire Regiment,
who were acting as skirmishers in rear of the city. Our forces
soon advanced towards the formidable earthworks of the enemy
on the heights overlooking the town, and were met by a terrible
storm of shot and shell. Nothing daunted they pressed forward
until within range of the enemy's infantry posted behind stone-
walls, earthworks and natural ridges. The Second Brigade
was ordered to the front, and forming in double line of battle
most gallantly and steadily moved across the plain, swept by
the destructive fire of the enemy. When about sixty rods from
the city, Color-Sergeant Collins, of Company A, was shot and fell
to the ground. Sergeant Plunkett, of Company E, instantly
seized the colors and carried them forward to the farthest point
reached by our troops during the battle, when a shell from the
rebels was thrown with fatal accuracy at the colors and brought
them to the ground, wet with the life blood of the brave
Plunkett, both of whose arms were carried away. The glorious
flag was then raised by Color-Corporal Olney, of Company H,
and carried by him during the remainder of the day. Color-
Corporal Barr, of Company C, was shot while carrying the State
colors, and the post of honor and danger was quickly filled by
Color-Corporal Wheeler, of Company I. The whole number of
casualties in this battle is 69, viz. : 8 killed, 56 wounded, and 5
missing. After expending their ammunition, the Twenty-First
fell back into the line of support, and remained until dark when
they returned to their position near the bridge, where the
brigade passed the night and the next day.
About 8 o'clock Sunday evening the brigade was ordered to
the position gained on the previous day, and instructed to hold
248 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
it at all hazards. This was a very difficult thing to do, as the
rebel sharpsliootcrs were posted on the roofs of the neighboring
houses and tops of trees, and fired at every one who exposed
himself. By selecting a good position behind a low ridge, and
throwing up a small breast work, our troops were enabled to
hold their position with only the loss of one man.
The rebels tried every means in their power to ascertain our
strength, but in vain, as our men were ordered to lie flat upon
their backs and keep perfectly quiet, regardless of the enemy's
conduct, unless they charged upon us.
At dark they began to approach our men, and their skirmish-
ers-advanced on their hands and knees to within a few yards of
our guards, but a volley from the rifles of two regiments satis-
fied them that they were going too far, and they retired. About
ten o'clock at night the brigade was relieved from their most
wearisome and perilous duty, and ordered to return to camp,
across the river, where they arrived about two o'clock the next
morning.
The number of deaths from all causes, in this regiment, for
the year 1862, was 131. Number of desertions, 43.
The following is an abstract of the roster: —
1 Colonel discharged.
1 Lieutenant-Colonel promoted Colonel.
1 Lieutenant-Colonel died.
2 Lieutenant-Colonels discharged.
4 Majors promoted Lieutenant-Colonels.
1 Assistant-Surgeon promoted Surgeon.
4 Captains promoted Majors.
2 Captains died.
2 First Lieutenants promoted Commissary of Subsistence U. S. A.
12 First Lieutenants promoted Captains.
1 First Lieutenant promoted Captain 34th Regiment Mass. Volunteers.
1 First Lieutenant shot by sentinel.
1 First Lieutenant killed at Newbern.
2 First Lieutenants died.
21 Second Lieutenants promoted First Lieutenants.
1 Second Lieutenant promoted First Lieutenant 33d Regiment Mass. Vol.
3 Second Lieutenants died.
1 Second Lieutenant killed.
25 Second Lieutenants have been taken from enlisted men.
2 Second Lieutenants have been taken from civilians.
74 Commissions have been made for this regiment during the year 18G2.
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3. 249
Since the foregoing account was in type, I have received a
letter from Governor Clifford, in answer to an inquiry respecting
a letter from Captain Howland to his father, written soon after
the capture of Roanakc Island, and shown by Governor Clifford
to your Excellency and myself last winter. He says the letter
is not now within his reach, but adds, " I distinctly remember
the remark, as reported in the letter, of the engineer who
constructed the fortifications, and who was taken prisoner,
namely, that when they saw the Twenty-Third had traversed that
' Serbonian bog,' the swamp, and emerged upon their flank,
they knew it was all over with them ; — that they did not fear a
direct assault upon their works, and had made no provision to
repel a flank movement, because they regarded the swamp as
utterly impassable except by devils, and as constituting therefore
an impregnable outwork on that side. And the fact, I believe,
was that when the Massachusetts troops appeared on that side,
the evacuation of their works, and the hasty flight of the rebels,
were simultaneous with that, to them, unearthly apparition."
Head-Quarters Army of the Potomac, 7
November 21, 1862. j
To the Hon. John A. Andrew, Governor of Massachusetts :
Governor, — I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your com-
munication of the 7th inst. in regard to the volunteer forces of Massachusetts.
On the expedition to North Carolina five regiments of Massachusetts troops
accompanied me — the 21st, 23d, 24:th, 25th, and 27th. While these of
course varied in efficiency, according to the qualifications of their officers, I
cannot speak in too high terms of their general excellence of discipline and
drill, and their cool courage and dashing bravery in action. The battle of
Roanoke was the first occasion on which they were under fire, and they be-
haved with the steadiness of old troops, winning the highest encomiums from
their brigade commanders, Generals Foster and Reno. After the capture of
Newbern, the Seventeenth Regiment was added to my forces, and since my
transfer to the Ninth A'rmy Corps other Massachusetts Regiments have come
under my command. I will not speak of them in detail, only saying I have
nothing but praise to give them, and their deeds and reputation -are worthy
of the gallant and patriotic State from which they come.
I have the honor to be, Governor,
Respectfully, your obedient servant,
A. E. Burnside, Major-General Commanding.
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250 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
TWENTY-SECOND REGIMENT.
[Jan.
Pate of Commis-
N A JI E S .
Eaiik.
sions.
Henry Wilson, . . . .
Colonel, .
Sept. 2, 1861.
Charles E. Griswold,
Lieut. Colonel, .
Oct. 4, "
Charles E. GrisM'old,
Major,
Sept. 12, "
William S. Tilton, .
Oct. 4, "
Edward L. Warren,
Surgeon, .
1, "
James P. Prince, .
Assistant-Surgeon,
1, "
John Pierpont,
Chaplain, .
Sept. 12, "
William S. Tilton, .
First Lieut., (Adj't,) .
12, "
Thomas Sherwin, Jr.,
(Adj't,) .
Oct. l! "
James G. Fuller,
" " (Qrm'r,)
1, "
Jesse A. Gove,
Colonel,
30, "
Harrison A. Royce,
First Lieut, and Q'm'r,
Nov. 28, "
Joseph C. Cromack,
Chaplain, .
8, "
Frederic S. Ainsworth,
Surgeon, .
June 25, 1862,
William E. Simmons,
Assistant-Surgeon,
July 29, "
Thomas Sherwin, Jr.,
Major,
June 28, "
William S. Tilton, .
Lieut. Colonel, .
28, "
Charles E. Griswold,
Colonel,
28, "
Isaac PI. Stearns,
Assistant-Surgeon,
Oct. 21, "
William E. Simmons,
Surgeon, .
Dec. 29, "
William S. Tilton, .
Colonel,
Oct. 17, "
Thomas Sherwin, Jr.,
Lieut. Colonel, .
17, "
Mason W. Burt,
Major,
17, "
Walter S. Sampson,
Captain, .
Oct. 1, 1861,
David K. Wardwell,
u
1, "
Mason W. Burt,
"
1, "
John F. Dunning, .
" . . .
1, "
William L. Cogswell,
u
1, "
Samuel I. Thompson,
a . . ' ,
1, "
John B. Whorf,
" . . .
1, "
John J. Thompson,
((
1, "
George Cook,
"
1, "
Horace P. Williams,
u
1, "
Charles J. Paine,
ki
1, "
Charles 0. Conant,
((
Feb. 16, 1862,
John P. Crane,
i(
Aug. 5, "
George A. Washburn,
u
July 10, "
Frederic K. Field, .
11
June 28, "
Henry Clay Connor,
"
Aug. 12, "
John Henry Symonds,
u
Sept. 6, "
George A. Ratchelder,
"
26, "
Benjamin W. Tucker,
11
Dec. 16, "
Walter S. Davis,
u
Oct. 18, "
Charles 0. Conant, .
First Lieutenant,
1, 1861,
Frederic K. Field, .
11 11
1, "
George A. Washburn,
" "
1, "
William II. White, .
" "
1, "
Nelson A. Miles,
11 K
1, "
John P. Crane,
11 11
1, "
Edwin F. Hichardson,
11 11
1, "
Thomas F. Salter, .
11 11
1, "
Joseph Nason,
U 11
1, "
George A. Batcbelder,
" "
1, "
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3.
TWENTY-SECOND REGIMENT.
251
Besidence.
Dlscliai'ged.
Kemnrlcs.
Natick,
Boston,
Weymouth,
Lynn,
Modford, .
Boston,
Dedham, .
Charlestown,
Concord, N. H.
Newton, .
Maiden, .
Boston, .
Marion, .
Dedham, .
Boston, .
u
S tough ton,
Marion, .
Boston, .
Dedham, .
Taunton, .
Boston,
Taunton, .
Boston, .
Roxbury, .
Woburn, .
Cambridge,
Haverhill,
Boston, .
Brookline,
Boston, .
a
Woburn, .
Taunton, .
Northfield,
Lynn,
Boston, .
Newark, N. Y.
Milton, .
Boston,
Northfield,'
Taunton, .
Boston, .
Roxbury, .
Woburn, .
Cambridge,
Haverhill,
Boston, .
Oct. 29, 186L
June 10, 18G2.
Nov. 5, 1861.
Nov. 27, 1861.
Capt. 10 Inf., U.S.A.
Mar. 19, 1862.
Oct. 16, 1862..
Sept. 25, 1862.
July 9, 1862.
Sept. 5, 1861.
Jan. 16, 1862.
Jan. 5, 1863.
Nov. 7, 1862.
June 10, 1862.
May 6, 1862.
Promoted Colonel, June 28, 1862.
Lieut. Colonel, Oct. 4, 1861.
" " June 28, 1862.
Promoted Surgeon 36th Reg't, Aug. 13, '62.
Promoted Major, Oct. 4, 1861.
" June 28, 1862.
Killed in battle, June 27, 1862-
Appointed Surgeon U. S. Vol.
Promoted Surgeon, Dec. 29, 1862.
Lieut. Colonel Oct. 17, 1862.
Colonel, Oct. 17, 1862.
Appointed Major 38th Reg't, Aug. 12, 1862.
" Oct. 17, 1862.
Killed in battle at Gaines' Mills, June 27, '62.
Died of wounds, Aug. 4, 1862.
Dismissed the service, Nov. 22, 1862.
Transf 'd to 23d Reg't, Oct. 4, '61. Disch'd,
[Jan. 27, '62.
Promoted Captain, Feb. 16, 1862.
" June 28, "
" " July 10, "
Lt. Col. 61st Reg't N. Y. Vol., May 31, 1862.
Promoted Captain, Aug. 5, 1862.
Killed at Gaines' Mills, June 27, 1862.
Promoted Captain, Sept. 26, 1862.
252 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
Twenty-Second Regiment — Continued.
[Jan.
Henry C. Connor, .
Enos'P. Hale,
John Henry Symonds,
James P. Stearns, .
Alonzo M. Shute, .
AV alter S. Davis,
Frederic S. Benson,
Benjamin W. Tucker,
Samuel W. Tuck, .
Charles M. Hamilton,
William D. Hatch,
Benjamin Davis,
Joseph H. Baxter,
Edwin C. Bennett,
Hall F. Nason,
William R. Bennett,
Lewis E. Crone,
Henry A. Fernald,
Henry Clay Connor,
William D. Morris,
Enos P. Hale, .
John H. Symonds,
Henry L. Orrok,
Walter S. Davis,
Gurdon McKay,
Alonzo M. Shute,
Joseph S. Cook,
James P. Stearns,
Horace S. Dunn,
Frederic S. Benson,
George W. Gordon,
Benjamin W. Tucker,
Samuel W. Tuck, .
Benjamin Davis,
William D. Hatch, .
Edwin C. Bennett, .
Joseph H. Baxter, .
Charles M. Hamilton,
Paul F. Nason,
Washington T. Corthell,
Daniel J. Haynes, .
Lewis E. Crone,
William R. Bennett,
Orrick Look, .
William M. Cloncy,
Charles K. Kuowles,
Robert F. Bourne, .
John C. GafFney,
William H. Steele, . •
Nathaniel Fleming;, .
Nathan L. Meands,
Marcus M. Davis, .
First Lieutenant,
Second Lieutenant,
Date of Commis-
sions.
Feb.
May
June
Aug.
July
June
Aug.
Sept.
May
Sept.
Dec.
Oct.
Oct.
Feb.
May
June
Aug.
July
June
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Dec.
Oct.
Dec.
17,
7,
11,
5,
10,
28,
28,
12,
6,
26,
26,
31,
28,
16,
16,
16,
16,
18,
1,
1,
1,
1,
1,
1,
1,
1,
1,
1,
1,
17,
7,
23,
11,
28,
15,
5,
10,
28,
28,
12,
6,
26,
20,
21,
12,
16,
16,
16,
16,
16,
18,
16,
1862,
1861,
1862,
1863.]
HOUSE— No. 3.
Twenty-Second Regiment — Continued.
253
Discharged.
Lynn,
Taunton, .
Boston, .
Brookline,
Haverhill,
Milton, .
Newton, .
Newark, N. Y
Manchester,
Chelsea, .
Taunton, .
Charlestown,
Cambridp;e,
Somerville,
Exeter, N. H.,
Woburn, .
Roxbury,
Boston, .
Lynn,
Boston, .
Taunton, .
Boston, .
Roxbury, .
Milton, ,
Melrose, .
Haverhill,
Chelsea, .
Brookline,
Boston, .
Newton, .
Boston, .
Newark, N. Y.
Manchester,
Charlestown,
Taunton, .
Somerville,
Cambridge,
Chelsea, .
Exeter, N. H.,
Boston, .
Haverhill,
Roxbury, .
"VVoburn, .
Boston, .
Haverhill,
Boston, .
Cambridge,
New York, .
Ch-arlestown,
Sept. 25, 1862.
June 14, 1862.
Oct. 13
, 1862
Promoted Captain, Aug. 12, 18G2.
Promoted Captain, Sept. 6, 18G2.
Dismissed l^e service, Nov. 22, 1862.
Promoted Captain, Oct. 18, 1862.
Promoted Captain, Dec. 16, 1862.
Promoted 1st Lieut., Feb. 17, 1862.
Promoted 1st Lieut., May 7, 1862.
" " June 11, "
Promoted 1st Lieut., June 28, 1862.
Dismissed the service, Nov. 22, "
Promoted 1st Lieut., July 10, "
Comp'y transferred to 23d Reg't, Oct. 4, '61.
Promoted 1st Lieut., Aug. 5, 1862.
Died, May 22, 1862.
Promoted 1st Lieut, June 28, 1862.
Killed in battle, June 27, 1862.
Promoted 1st Lieut., Aug. 12, 1862.
" " Sept. 6,
" " May 31,
" " Sept. 26,
" " Dec. 16,
Sept.-28,
" " " 26,
" " Dec. 16,
Commission returned and cancelled.
Died, Oct. 20, 1862.
Promoted 1st Lieut, Dec. 16, 1862.
" " 16, "
254 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
The Twenty-Second Massachusetts was organized by Hon.
neiiry Wilson, in the month of September, 1861, and went
into camp at Lynnficld, Mass., where it remained until October
8th, 1861, when, in obedience to orders, it broke camp and
started for the seat of war.
Brilliant receptions greeted its arrival in Boston, New York
and Philadelphia. In the former city, a flag was presented on
the Common by Hon. Rofcert 0. Winthrop, in behalf of certain
citizens of Boston. In New York, another standard was pre-
sented, by Hon. James T. Brady, in behalf of the " Sons of
Massachusetts," an organization consisting of natives of Massa-
chusetts residing in New York. In each of the cities named
we were hospitably welcomed, and great enthusiasm was mani-
fested by crowds that lined the streets. Owing to delays on the
route the regiment did not arrive in Washington until the
afternoon of October 11th. On the 13th it proceeded to Hall's
Hill, Va., and camped.
Preparations were immediately made for increasing the
efficiency of the regiment, by giving strict attention to drills
and all the duties pertaining to a soldier's life.
Nothing of special interest occurred until the 10th of March,
1862, when the regiment was ordered into active service, and
has continued there until the present time.
During the past nine months the regiment has marched 572
miles, participated in eight battles and skirmishes, besides doing
a large amount of picket duty and work on fortifications. On
the 29th of October, 1861, Colonel Wilson resigned, and was
succeeded by Colonel Jesse A. Gove, formerly captain in the
Tenth U. S. Infantry.
Colonel Gove assumed command on the 14th of November,
and under his instructions the regiment soon began to manifest
, increased vigor and efficiency. Although a strict disciplinarian
yet lie was so kind and courteous in his intercourse with those
who were brought in contact with him that he secured tlieir
respect and esteem. He was killed in the battle of the Chicka-
hominy, near Gaines' Mills, Hanover Co., Va., on the 27th of
June. He was succeeded by Lieutenant-Colonel Charles E.
Griswold, who resigned on account of ill health, October
16th, 1862.
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3. 255
This regiment has been, until recently, under the command
of Major General Pitz John Porter, and followed his fortunes.
In orders General McClellau pronounced General Porter's
command the most efficient and best disciplined corps in the
army. And this regiment was behind no other, but rather — if
we may judge by the fact of its being often selected for difficult
and important duties — it was considered to be among the best.
In the first considerable battle at Gaines' Mills, Major William
T. Tilton had the command, and he testifies to the unswerving
bravery of all the men. The regiment did not give way until
forced to do so by the danger of being outflanked ; as it was,
ninety-tliree were taken prisoners, including seven officers, viz. :
Major W. T. Tilton, (now Colonel commanding the regiment) ;
Captains J. B. Whorf and C. 0. Conant ; Lieutenants George
A. Washburn, J. P. Stearns and J. P. Crane, besides the
Surgeon, Dr. Prince. Tilton, Whorf, Washburn and Stearns,
were wounded, and taken to Richmond.
Colonel Gove having command of one of the two parts into
which our large brigade was divided, was on the spot, and
advised much to their benefit.
The Adjutant, Thomas Sherwin, Jr., was also wounded, but
escaped with the regiment, which was rallied by Captain Burt,
the two Captains Thompson, and Lieutenants Field and Symonds.
Captain Wardwell, afterwards promoted Lieutenant-Colonel of
Thirty-Eighth Regiment M. V., rendered efficient service also,
and afterwards did nobly at Malvern Hill, when he commanded.
It was there that Captain S. I. Thompson, Co. F, was mortally
wounded. Not the least loss at Gaines' Mills was that of
Lieutenant Salter, Co. H. He was a most efficient officer,
always to be relied upon. He possessed, in addition to his
thorough knowledge of his profession, a sound judgment, which
induced liis superiors in command to consult with him on
many occasions in regard to contemplated movements of
importance.
The following is a record of the marches, engagements, <fec.,
of this regiment : —
March 10th, 1862, left camp at Hall's Hill, Va.,and marched
to Fairfax Court-house, 13 miles; 15th, marched to Camp Cali-
fornia, near Alexandria, 12 miles ; 19th, marched to Alexandria
in the P. M., 3 miles; 20th, did provost duty in Alexandria;
256 ADJUTANT-CxENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
21st, embarked in the P. M. on steamship Daniel Webster ; 22d,
started for Fort Monroe, at nine, A. M. ; 23d, arrived at Fort
Monroe, at five, P. M. ; 24th, disembarked in the A. M., and
camped one mile beyond Hampton, 3 miles; 25th, changed
camp to vicinity of New Market Bridge, 2 miles ; 27th, made a
reconnoissancc towards Big Bethel, 7 miles — 1-4 miles.
April 4, marched to Howard's Creek, and camped, 15 miles ;
5th, advanced, and in the P. M. engaged the enemy in their
works in front of Yorktown, 7 men wounded, 1 mortally, 5
miles ; 24th, made a reconnoissancc by order of General
McClellan.
May 4th, the rebel fortifications were abandoned, and at an
early hour in the A. M., the regiment, having been detailed for
picket, was the first to enter the deserted works and town,
and raise the American flag; five men were wounded by the
explosion of a torpedo, one of whom has since died ; while in
front of Yorktown, the regiment performed a large amount of
picket duty, and work on fortifications; 9th, embarked on
steamer Elm City at Yorktown, and went to West Point, Ya.,
and encamped ; 13th, marched to Cumberland Landing, 13
miles ; 15th, started in a rain storm for White House Landing,
but owing to the muddy state of the roads, only went about 2
miles ; 16th, marched to White House Landing, 2 miles ; 19th,
marched to Tunstall's Station, 12 miles ; 21st, marched 4
miles ; 22d, marched to Kidd's Mills and encamped, 11 miles ;
26th, marched to Gaines' Mills and encamped, 3 miles; 27thj
marched to Hanover Court-house with the division, 20 miles ;
some skirmishing done by the regiment, no loss ; 28th, made
a reconnoissancc towards Richmond and Ashland, 8 miles ;
29th, returned to camp, 15 miles.
June 12th, worked on Woodbury's Bridge across the Chicka-
hominy ; 19th, went to Mechanicsville on picket and returned,
10 miles ; 26th, went to Mechanicsville, and participated in the
battle ; loss, 3 killed ; 27th, engaged in battle of Chickahominy ;
loss, 31 killed, 49 wounded, 93 prisoners, 91 missing, probably
killed.
July 1st, engaged in battle of Malvern Hill ; loss, 11 killed,
38 wounded, 1 prisoner, 3 missing; 2d, arrived at Harrison's
Landing, and encamped ; since June 27th, marched 50 miles;
remained there, nothing of special interest occurring until
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3. 257
August 14th, started for Newport News, about ten o'clock,
P. M. ; IStli, encamped near the mouth of the Chickahominy
River, 23 miles ; 16th, marched through Williamsburg and
encamped, 12 miles ; 17th, marched to Wormley's Creek, near
Yorktown, 13 miles ; 18th, marched to Hampton, 21 miles ;
19th, marched to Newport News, 7 miles ; 20th, embarked on
steamer North America, for Acquia Creek ; 21st, arrived at ten,
A. M. ; took cars for Falmouth ; camped in the P. M. two
miles east of the railroad depot, 2 miles ; 22d, at six, P. M.,
started for "Warrenton Junction ; 23d, about noon, encamped
at Barnett's Ford, 21: miles ; 24th, moved to near Wykoff's
Mine, 3 miles; 26th, marched 15 miles and encamped;
27th, marched to Warrenton Junction and encamped, 20
miles ; 28th, marched to Bristow's Station and encamped, 12
miles; 29th, marched to Gainesville, 10 miles; in P. M.,
supported Griffin's Battery; on picket all night; 30th, marched
to Centreville, via Manassas Junction, 12 miles.
September 2d, started at about two, A. M. ; arrived at Fair-
fax Court-house at nine, A. M. ; P. M., went to Chain Bridge ;
arrived at ten, P. M., 25 miles; 3d, marched to Hall's Hill, 4
miles ; 7th, marched to Fairfax Seminary and encamped, 7
miles ; 9th, marched to Arlington Heights and encamped, 5
miles; 12th, marched into Maryland, encamped near Silver
Spring, 12 miles ; 13th, marched to Seneca Mills and
encamped, 13 miles ; 14th, marched to Monocacy Junction,
and encamped ; 15th, marched through Frederick to Middleton,
10 miles ; 16th, marched through Boonesboro' to Keedysville,
12 miles ; 17th, formed part of the reserve under General
Porter, at Antietam ; 18th, on picket all night, near the lower
bridge on Antietam Creek ; 19th, marched through Sharpsburg
and encamped, 4 miles ; 20th, crossed the Potomac with the
brigade on a reconnoissance in the A. M. ; returned with the
loss of two men, wounded, one mortally; remained in camp
near Sharpsburg, Md., until
October 30th, left camp at seven, P. M., and proceeded
towards Harper's Ferry ; 31st, passed through Harper's Ferry,
and encamped, near Hillsboro', Ya., 16 miles.
November 2d, marched to Snickersville and encamped, 15
miles; 6th, marched through Middleburg and encamped, 18
33
258
ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
[Jan.
miles ; 7th, marched to White Plains, and eticamped, 4 miles ;
8th, marclicd to New Baltimore, and encamped, 13 miles ; 9th,
marched to Warrenton, and encamped, 8 miles.
Total number of miles marched, 672.
Losses in Action and from other Causes.
■o A
be
s e
Dates.
PLACES.
■a
c
t-o 'S
5
1
^
s
s
1 g-s
April 5, .
Yorktown, Va.,
1
6
-
1
May 4, .
" "
1
4
-
-
1
27,.
Hanover Court-house,
-
-
-
-
-
June 26, .
Mechanlcsville, Va., .
3
-
-
-
3
27, .
Chickahominy, .
31
49
93
91
122
July 1, .
Malvern Hill, .
11
38
1
3
14
Aug. 29, .
Gainesville,
-
-
-
-
-
Sept. 17, .
Antietam,
-
-
-
-
-
20, .
Shepherdstown Ford,
1
1
-
-
1
Totals,
48
98
94
94
142
Discharged, 230 ; died of disease, 48 ; deserted, 191 ; total,
469 ; aggregate, 611.
Total strength November 1,1861,41 officers, 1,120 men;
total, 1,161. Joined, 7 officers, 116 men ; total, 123. Aggre-
gate, 1,284.
Total strength November 14, 1862, 34 officers, 639 men ;
total, 673.
Total loss, 611.
Since the above was completed the regiment took part at the
battle of Fredericksburg, but we have not received a report.
The following is an abstract of the roster
2 Colonels discharged.
2 Lieutenant-Colonels promoted Colonels.
3 Majors promoted Lieutenant-Colonels.
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3. 259
1 Assistant-Surgeon promoted Surgeon 30th Regiment Mass. Volunteers.
1 Surgeon promoted Surgeon, U. S. A.
1 Assistant-Surgeon promoted Surgeon.
1 Captain promoted Lieutenant-Colonel 38th Regiment Mass. Volunteers.
1 Captain promoted Major.
1 Captain killed.
1 Captain died of wounds.
1 Captain dismissed the service.
1 First Lieutenant promoted Major.
1 First Lieutenant killed in battle.
10 First Lieutenants promoted Captains.
1 First Lieutenant promoted Lieutenant-Colonel 61st Regiment N. Y. Vol.
1 First Lieutenant killed at Gaines' Mills, Virginia, June 27th, 1862.
1 First Lieutenant dismissed the service.
22 Second Lieutenants promoted First Lieutenants.
1 Second Lieutenant dismissed the service.
2 Second Lieutenant died.
1 Second Lieutenant killed in battle.
23 Second Lieutenants have been taken from the enlisted men.
65 Commissions have been made for this regiment during the year 1862.
260 ADJUTANT-GENERxVL'S REPORT.
TWENTY-THIRD REGIMENT.
[Jan.
Date of Commis-
NAMES.
Kank.
sions.
John Kurtz,
Colonel, .
Oct. 23, 1861,
John Kurtz, .
Lieut. Colonel,
.
Sept. 25
u
Henry Merritt,
Major,
25
((
Henry Merritt,
Lieut. Colonel,
Oct. 24
1(
Andrew Ehvell,
Major,
24
((
Georn:e Derby,
Surgeon, .
Sept. 11
u
Silas E. Stone,
Assistant-Surgeon, .
16
((
Jonas B. Clark,
Chaplain, .
IS
a
John G. Chambers,
First Lieut., (Adj't,) .
Oct. 5
(1
Joseph A. Goldthwait,
" (Qrm'r,)
5
a
Andrew Elwell,
Lieut. Colonel, .
Mar. 15
1862,
John G. Chambers,
Major,
15
u
James A. Emmerton,
Assistant-Surgeon, .
July 13
n
Jacob Roberts,
" "
Aug. 7
u
Ethan A. P. Brewster,
Captain, .
Oct. 8
1861,
Knott V. Martin, .
u
8
u
Addison Center,
u
8
((
Cornelius Howland, Jr.,
a
8
a
William B. Alexander, .
a
8
u
George M. Whipple,
u
8
11
John W. Raymond,
a
8
u
Wesley C. Sawyer, .
a
8
(c
George Cook, .
a
1
((
John Hobbs, .
u
11
a
Carlos A. Hart,
a
11
a
Samuel C. Hart,
u
June 25
i(
Thomas Russell,
a
Aug. 20
((
William L. Kent, .
u
Nov. 18
u
Charles S. Emmerton,
First Lieutenant,
Oct. 8
1861,
Thomas Russell,
u
8
i(
Edward A. Story,. .
a
8
u
Samuel C. Hart,
u
8
u
Otis Rogers, .
u
8
(1
Charles H. Bates, .
u
8
u
Henry T. Woodbury,
u
8
u
William L. Kent, . .
u
8
a
William I. Creasy, .
a
11
u
John Littlefield,
u
11
u
Benjamin F. Barnard,
u
May 6
1862,
Anthony Lang,
4(
June 25
i(
George A. Fisher, .
U
Mar. 15
u
George R. Emmerton,
Fitz J. Babson,
U
Aug. 20
u
a
° 20
u
Daniel W. Hammond,
a
Nov. 18
((
George A. Fisher, .
Second Lieutenant, .
Oct. 8
1861,
John Goodwin, Jr.,
a a
8
a
Fitz J. Babson,
" "
8
u
Anthony Lang,
U ((
8
u
Thomas B. Atwood,
u a
8
u
George R. Emmerton,
u a
8
u
Daniel W. Hammond,
U ((
8
((
1863.]
HOUSE— No. 3.
2(31
TWENTY-THIRD REGIMENT.
Residence.
Discharged.
Boston, .
i(
Salem,
(t
Gloucester,
Boston, .
Walpole, .
Swampscott,
Medford, .
Salem,
Gloucester,
Medford, .
Salem,
Boston, .
Salem,
Marblehead,
Gloucester,
New Bedford,
Plymouth,
Salem,
Beverly, .
Harvard, .
Boston, .
Ipswich, .
Foxborouojh,
New Bedford,
Marblehead,
Boston, .
Salem,
Marblehead,
Gloucester,
New Bedford,
Plymouth,
Salem,
Beverly, .
Boston, .
Newburyport,
Foxborough,
South Reading,
New Bedford,
Salem,
a
Gloucester,
Beverly, .
Salem,
Marblehead,
Gloucester,
New Bedford,
Abington,
Salem,
Beverly, .
Nov. 24, 1862.
Sept. 2, 1862.
June 24, 1862.
Nov. 17, 1862.
8, 1861.
May 4, 1862.
Aug. 26, 1862.
May 3, 1862.
Promoted Colonel, Oct. 2.3, 1861.
Lieut. Colonel, Oct. 24, 1862.
Killed at Newbern, March 14, 1862.
Promoted Lieut. Colonel, March 1.5, 1862.
Promoted Major, March 15, 1862.
Co. detach'd f 'm 2.3d Reg. Sp. Ord., No. 525.
Resigned.
Died, Dec. 8, 1862.
Promoted Captain, Aug. 20, 1862.
Promoted Captain, June 25, 1862.
Promoted Captain, Nov. 18, 1862.
Resigned.
Discharged as 2d Lieut., Aug. 7, 1862.
Promoted 1st Lieut., March 15, 1862.
Killed at Roanoke, Feb. 8, 1862.
Promoted 1st Lieut., Aug. 20, 1862.
" " June 25, "
Promoted 1st Lieut., Aug. 20, 1862.
Nov. 18, "
262 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
Twenty- Third Regiment — Continued.
[Jan.
N A JI E S .
Rank.
Date of Commis-
sions.
Peter H. Niles, ....
Second Lieutenant, .
Oct.
8,
1861,
Joseph S. Cook,
1,
u
David P. Muzzy, .
11,
11
Benjamin F. Barnard,
11,
((
Daniel H, Johnson, Jr.,
Feb.
9,
1862,
Josiah R. Drew,
Mav
6,
u
Isaac C. Hart,
June
25,
u
Richard P. Wheeler,
Mar.
1.^
u
William E. Choate,
Aug.
20,
(1
Charles H. Hayward,
20,
((
Westover Greenleaf,
/
20,
(1
James L. Sherman,
Nov.
18,
u
John R. Lakeman, .
1,
u
Francis M. Dobbe, .
2,
u
Edward E. Bird, .
3,
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On the morning of the lltli of November, 1861, the
regiment left Lynn field, for Annapolis, Md., passed through
Boston and Fall River, and embarked on the steamers
State of Maine and Metropolis, for New York, and from that
place went through Philadelphia to Perryville, Md., upon
reaching which the regiment was detained for the lack of trans-
ports. During the afternoon, steamers were procured and the
right wing taken to Annapolis, where they were provided with
quarters at the Naval Academy, and afterward at the St. John's
College.
On the morning of the 16th, the left wmg reached Annapo-
lis, and later in the day, the regiment went into camp in the
outskirts of the city.
On January 6th, 1862, the regiment embarked on board the
schooner Highlander and the gunboat Hussar, for Fortress
Monroe, and sailed on the 9th. On the afternoon of the 12th,
the schooner Highlander was obliged to cut loose from the
Hussar, on account of a heavy sea and head wind, and the
right and left wings were thereby separated for several days.
On tlie 13th, the left wing succeeded in getting into Hatteras
Inlet, but a violent gale having sprung up, the right wing was
obliged to anchor outside the Lilet until the 15th, when the
schooner Highlander was towed in by the steamer Patuxent.
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3. 263
Twenty- Third Regiment — Continui'd.
Residence.
Discharged.
Rcniarlis.
Boston, .
Chelsea, .
Cambridge,
South Reading,
Salem,
Plymouth,
New Bedford, .
Salem,
Beverly, .
Salem,
Gloucester,
Foxborough, .
Salem,
Boston, .
Foxborough, .
Nov. 8, 1861,
Company transfei'red. Sp. Oi-der, No. 525.
Resigned.
Promoted 1st Lieut., May 6, 18G2.
Appointed Capt. in 40th Reg't, Aug. 20, '62.
Deceased.
During the gale of the 14th, tlie gunboat Zouave, on board of
which were several marines, detailed from this regiment, sunk
at her moorings, inside the inlet, and bilged. Her crew and
passengers were saved. As the schooner Highlander was
entering the inlet, a boat, manned by several of tlie regiment,
succeeded in rescuing the Lieutenant-Colonel, Adjutant, Quar-
termaster, and several others of the Ninth New Jersey Eegi-
ment, who were thrown overboard by the capsizing of a small
boat in the surf. The Colonel and Surgeon were drowned.
January 22^, the regiment succeeded in getting over the
" Swash," so called, separating Hatteras Inlet from Pamlico
Sound. The Hussar drawing too much water, considerable
difficulty was experienced in crossing the " Swash." The regi-
ment remained at anchor in Pamlico Sound, about three miles
from the Inlet, for about a fortnight, being for the greater por-
tion of the time on short allowance of both food and water,
occasioned by frequent and heavy gales, in which it was unsafe
for the launches to venture out.
February 5th, the weather being fine and clear, the expedi-
tion started from Pamlico Sound to accomplish the reduction
of Roanoke Island. Over sixty vessels composed the fleet,
leaving part of the troops, with about forty vessels, at Hatteras
Inlet. At sunset they came to anchor sfbout two miles from
264 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
the sliore, and about twenty miles from Roanoke Island. The
night was very fine, the lights in the fleet all extinguished, and
every thing conducted with the utmost silence. The following
day was employed by the gunboats in making a reconnoissance
of the enemy's fleet and forts, and also by transferring the
troops from gunboats to the unarmed transports. The left
wing of the regiment, on the gunboat Hussar, with the excep-
tion of Company E, was transferred to the schooner Skirmisher,
on which several companies of the Twenty-Fifth Massachusetts
were quartered. Company E, Captain Alexander, was detailed
to assist in working the Hussar. February 7th, during the
forenoon our gunboats commenced an attack on the rebel fleet,
and the forts defending Roanoke Island, and later in the day
our forces commenced landing, the Twenty-Third Regiment
being among the first to reach the shore. The landing was not
opposed by the rebel forces, a small squad of infantry taking
precipitate flight.
Night coming on prevented any demonstration being made
by our troops, and they bivouacked for the night near the shore,
our situation being any thing but comfortable, with a cold rain.
Early the following morning they took up the line of march,
the pickets of the Twenty-First Massachusetts having reported
a strong rebel force, with a battery, about two miles from the
landing, on the main road. After marching about one mile,
the skirmishers of the Twenty-Fifth commenced driving in the
rebel pickets, and in a short time after the engagement became
general, the Twenty-Fifth firing the first voUef , supported by
several pieces of marine artillery. The rebel force consisted of
several regiments of infantry, with three pieces of artillery in a
masked battery, commanding the road. Our regiment imme-
diately formed in line on the right of the Twenty-Fifth, in an
almost impassable swamp, and commenced firing. The engage-
ment lasted for about three hours, when our regiment appearing
on their left flank, and the Twenty-First on their right flank,
the enemy deemed it no longer safe to remain, and fled pre-
cipitately. They were quickly followed up by several fresh
regiments, who after a chase of eight miles found them at their
barracks, where their forces, under Colonel Shaw, capitulated
at four o'clock, P. M., to Brigadier-General Foster. Our troops
captured, in all, about three thousand prisoners, two thousand
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3. 2G5
stand of arms, and, including the three forts or shore batteries,
about forty guns.
Our loss in the engagement was: killed, 3 ; wounded, 5.
The comparatively small loss sustained by the regiment in
the engagement was owing principally to the low swamp and
thick bushes in which the regiment was drawn up, the shot and
shell from the enemy's guns passing overhead. They took up
their quarters for the night in the barracks formerly occupied
by the rebels, of which there were some thirty spacious
buildings, capable of accommodating about six thousand troops.
The camp was styled " Camp Foster," in honor of Brigadier-
General John G. Foster.
February 14th, an order was issued by General Burnside,
tendering his thanks to the troops for their gallant and
meritorious conduct in the late action, and that we had
exceeded his every expectation as Massachusetts troops, also,
that the words " Roanoke, February 8th " be inscribed on our
banners.
On the morning of the 11th of March, the signal was given
for starting, and the fleet sailed for Newbern, N. C, this regi-
ment being on board the Highlander and Hussar. At sunset
they had arrived in sight of Hatteras Inlet, where they came to
anchor for the night. The following morning weighed anchor
and started again, arriving off the mouth of the Neuse River
early in the afternoon. Large bonfires along the coast signalled
our approach to the inhabitants of the interior, and the advance
up the river was continued more slowly, meeting with no
obstructions liowever. Late in the evening we came to anchor,
about fifteen miles from Newbern ; loth, the troops commenced
landing in boats and light-draft steamers, after the manner of
the landing at Roanoke Island, under cover of the gunboats,
at a place called Slocura's Creek. The regiment reached the
shore about noon, and immediately took up the line of march.
After marching about three miles they came up to the deserted
barracks of the enemy's cavalry ; but only halting for a hasty
inspection, they continued on, although a violent rain storm
prevailed, and the men were wet to the skin ; they were in the
most cheerful spirits, and seemed confident that they were
marching to certain victory. About five o'clock they passed a
deserted earthwork, nearly a mile in length, extending from
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266 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
the river side, across the main road, to a thick cypress swamp,
and intended to mount several heavy guns ; and a short distance
farther crossed the raih'oad connecting Newborn with Beaufort,
N. C. After a march of about eleven miles from Slocum's
Creek, the column halted and bivouacked in the woods for the
night. So bad was the condition of the roads, that only a few
pieces of marine artillery kept up with the column, and
several of the pieces were dragged by companies from this regi-
ment. It rained incessantly all night; 14th, at seven o'clock,
A. M., our troops formed in line, the regiment being the third
battalion of the advance. They had proceeded about a mile,
when they were suddenly opened upon by the enemy in front,
with artillery and infantry, being protected by a line of
entrenchments, extending from the river, across the main road,
to the railroad, a distance of nearly two miles. This regiment
immediately formed line on the left of the Twenty-Seventh Mas-
sachusetts, the Twenty-Fourth having the right, and promptly
responded to the enemy's fire. A brisk fusilade was kept up,
until, the ammunition becoming nearly exhausted, the Eleventh
Connecticut was sent up to relieve this regiment, and the latter
were ordered to lie down and be ready to charge the enemy.
Shortly after the action commenced, Lieutenant-Colonel Merritt
fell, killed by a shell. The engagement continued for about
three hours, when a gallant bayonet charge drove them from
their breastworks in great disorder. Our troops on the left, at
the railroad, had a more arduous task in dislodging them from
their rifle pits, but they were soon after compelled to retreat.
Two or three hundred prisoners, with about thirty pieces of
artillery, were captured here. Our troops continued their
march towards Newborn, reaching the Trent River, a few
miles distant from the battery, about noon. The railroad
bridge across the river had been fired by the rebels in their
retreat, but our gunboats held possession of the city, and in
the afternoon the First Brigade crossed the river in steamers
and went into camp, the Twenty-Third occupying the deserted
camp of the Thirty-First North Carolina Regiment, (rebel
troops.)
The loss of this regiment in the engagement was :
Killed, 7, among whom was Lieutenant-Colonel Merritt;
mortally wounded, and since dead, 3 ; wounded, 41, of whom
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Captain Wesley C. Sawyer, of Company 11, had his left tliigh
amputated ; and one man was taken prisoner.
Mai'ch 21st, tlie thanks of Governor Andrew, of IMassachu-
setts, were read to the regiment, for several rebel flags sent to the
State by the Massachusetts regiments in the Burnside expedi-
tion. An order was also read from General Burnside, tender-
ing his thanks to the various regiments for their gallant conduct
in the battle of Newbern, and ordering the words " Newbern,
March 14th," to be inscribed on their banners.
March 23d, the regiment left Camp Derby in the morning,
for three days' picket duty, on the Trent and Neuse roads.
April 2d, they left camp at sunrise, on an expedition, in the
steamer Pilot Boy. Reached Jacksonville, on the Bay River,
about sundown, but not finding any force of the enemy,
returned to Newbern at midnight.
April 5th, General Burnside's expedition was re-organized
into a grand -corps d' armed, of three divisions, under Generals
Foster, Reno and Park, the Twenty-Third being assigned to
the first brigade, under command of Colonel Amory, in General
Foster's Division.
April 11th and 12th, the regiment went into camp at Bach-
elder's Creek, eight miles from Newbern, near the railroad
bridge, the camp being called " Camp Merritt," in honor of the
late Lieutenant-Colonel Merritt.
April 24th, an expedition under Adjutant Chambers left
camp before daylight, for the purpose of capturing the enemy's
pickets. Arriving near their station, our force was discovered
by a negro, who gave the alarm, and springing to tlieir horses
the rebels made their escape, receiving a volley from our boys.
We secured one of their horses, nearly all of their arms,
blankets, etc., and returned to camp. None were injured on
our side.
April 29th, while Company E were on picket, they were
attacked by a large body of rebel cavalry, who succeeded in
killing one, and taking three prisoners. The picket imme-
diately rallied, but the rebels had fled.
According to orders we left Bachelder's Creek on the morning
of May 4th, and after marching about four miles, went into
camp near the Red-house, about twelve miles from Newbern,
on the Trent road, leading to Kinston. The regiment
268 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
remained at this place, doing picket duty, until May 7th,
when the right wing left for Newbern, having been ordered to
relieve the Twenty-Fifth Massachusetts, doing provost-guard
duty. The following day, the left wing, with the baggage
and camp equipage, reached the city.
October 30th, Companies B, C, D, G and I, left Newbern early
ill the morning, on an expedition up the Neuse River, under
the command of Major Chambers. Taking the steamer Union,
with several companies of the Seventeenth Massachusetts, they
proceeded up the Neuse River about eight miles, where they
were joined by cavalry, artillery, and a large baggage train, the
whole under command of Colonel Amory. They landed and
marched to Swift's Creek, a small settlement eight miles distant?
which was reached at sundown. Here they were fired upon by
the rebel cavalry picket, who had destroyed the bridge over the
creek. They fled upon our approach. The following forenoon
was employed by our forces in building the bridge, and at noon
the column was again in motion towards Washington, N. C,
which our forces reached on the evening of November 1st,
without molestation.
November 2d, the line of march was again continued, (our
forces being augmented by the addition of several thousand
infantry,) in the direction of Williamston, the Twenty-Third
Battalion acting as part of the baggage guard. Towards
sundown the advance came across the enemy, posted behind
entrenchments, at a place called Rawle's Mills, who disputed
their passage ; but our forces soon compelled them to retreat,
and the following morning the advance again continued on to
Williamston, which place the column reached at noon, having
marched a distance of twenty-three miles from Washington.
Leaving the sick and foot-sore on board the gunboats in the
river, the troops marched out of the town about three miles,
and bivouacked for the night. November 4th, they took up
the line of march for Hamilton, within two miles of which they
were obliged to halt for several hours to build a bridge, near
which was a deserted breastwork, leading from the woods across
the main road to a fort on the river bank. Hamilton was
reached about sundown, and, like Williamston, was found
entirely deserted. The town being set on fire by the troops,
the sick were placed on board gunboats, and the expedition
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marched out of Hamilton several miles, and bivouacked for the
niglit. November 5th, they started early in the morning,
taking the road to Tarboro' — marched until night, when they
came to a halt, and bivouacked withiji nine miles of Tarboro'.
The following morning they commenced their return march,
not liaving met with the enemy in any force, the Twenty-Third
having the advance, and taking a different road to Hamilton
from that by which they came. A heavy rain having set, in the
roads were in a very bad condition, and the marching much
harder than it had been previously. The expedition reached
Hamilton late in the afternoon, and took up their quarters for
the night in the deserted dwellings. November 7th, a violent
snow storm raged in the morning, but it did not delay the
march, which was continued for Williamston, by a road leading
near the river, and which they had not travelled before. No
force of the enemy appeared to interrupt the march, and the
expedition reached Williamston in the afternoon, where it
remained until the morning of the 9th, when the line of march
was taken up for Plymouth, N. C, a distance of twenty-three
miles. They reached the latter place the next morning, 10th,
and the Twenty-Third went aboard the steamer Massasoit and
gunboat Vidette, for Newbern, which they reached on the 11th,
at noon, having been absent thirteen days, and having marched
about 150 miles. Many of the regiment were without boots or
shoes, and several from each company barefooted. The expedi-
tion captured about fifty prisoners, four hundred horses and
mules, and about one hundred teams. The whole was under
the command of Major-General Foster.
The regimental rolls bore the names of 986 officers and men,
on the 10th of November, 1861. On the lOtli of November,
1862, the aggregate was 938. The regiment has received 212
recruits, and 1 enlisted man by transfer. An additional offi-
cer has been allowed, — Assistant-Surgeon. There has been
discharged during this year, ending November lOth, 1862, 188
enlisted men, of whom 6 were dishonorably discharged. The
number discharged comprises 20 of the band. Number of
enlisted men died, 45. Killed in action, 8 ; died of wounds, 4 ;
shot on picket, 1 ; suicide, 1 ; accidentally shot, 1 ; deserters, 2.
Eight enlisted men have been promoted to commissioned offi-
cers, one of whom has since died, and one has been promoted
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ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
[Jan.
to a captaincy in the Fortieth Regiment Massachusetts Yolun.
teers. Eight of the original oflficers of the regiment have
resigned and two were killed in action. There are at this date
four vacancies in the commissioned officers. The whole num-
ber of wounded in action is 42.
Since the above report was written, Colonel Kurtz has
resigned and returned to his home. He was an excellent
officer and had the respect and confidence of his men. The
Twenty-Third, under Major Chambers, took part also in the
expedition to Goldsboro', on the 14th of December, of which,
however, I have received no official report.
TWENTY-FOURTH REGIMENT.
NAMES.
Kank.
Date of Commis-
sions.
Thomas G. Stevenson, .
Colonel, .
Aug. 31, 1861,
Francis A. Osborn,
Lieut. Colonel, .
31, "
Robert H. Stevenson,
Major,
Sept. 2, "
Samuel A. Green, .
Surgeon, .
2, "
Hall Curtis, .
Assistant-Surgeon,
2, "
John F. Anderson, .
First Lieut., (Adj't,) .
2 "
William Vincent Hutchings,
" " (Qrm'r,)
2 "
W. R. G. Mellen, .
Chaplain, .
Oct. 2^ "
Charles E. Briggs, .
Assistant-Surgeon,
Aug. 12, "
Charles H. Hooper,
William F. Redding,
• • •
Captain, .
11
Sept. 2, 1861,
2, "
Edward C. Richardson, .
u
2' "
John C. Maker,
u
2 "
John T. Prince, Jr.,
11
2, "
George F. Austin, .
a
2 "
Robert F. Clark, .
n
2 "
J. Lewis Stackpole,
John Daland, .
(1
JO JO
William Pratt,
((
2 "
George W. Gardner,
11
Aug. 27^ 1862,
Charles B. Amory, .
George W. Gardner,
First Lieutenant
)
Sept. 27, "
2, 1861,
Charles B. Amory, .
James B. Bell,
2 "
2 "
Charles A. Folsom, .
((
1
2 "
James B. Nichols, .
((
1
2' "
John N. Partridge, .
u
2 "
Albert Ordway,
((
2' "
James A. Perkins, .
((
2 "
James H. Turner, .
u
2' "
Mason A. Rea,
((
2 "
William L. Horton,
<l
Aug. T, 1862,
Thomas F. Edmands,
11
1
27 "
John C. Jones,
" "
Sept. 27,' »
1863.]
HOUSE— No. 3.
271
The following is an abstract of the roster : —
1 Colonel discharged.
1 Lieutenant-Colonel killed at Newbern.
1 Major promoted Lieutenant-Colonel.
1 Captain died.
1 First Lieutenant promoted Major.
* 3 First Lieutenants promoted Captains.
6 Second Lieutenants promoted First Lieutenants.
1 Second Lieutenant promoted Captain 40th Regiment Mass. Vol.
1 Second Lieutenant killed at Roanoke Island.
11 Second Lieutenants have been taken from enlisted men.
22 Commissions have been made for this regiment during the year 1862.
TWENTY-FOURTH REGIMENT.
Boston,
Gloucester,
Boston,
Salem,
Boston,
Cambridge,
Salem,
Boston,
Salem,
W. Roxbury,
Salem,
W. Roxbury,
Cambridge,
Boston, .
Salem,
Boston, .
Cambridge,
Boston, .
W. Roxbury,
Boston,
W. Roxbury,
Aug. 26, 1862.
July 31, 1862.
Promoted Brigadier-General Volunteers.
" Colonel, Jan. 10, 1863.
" Lieut. Colonel, Jan. 10, 1863.
Commissary Subsistence, U. S., Sept. 26, '62.
Promoted Captain, Aug. 27, 1862.
" " Sept. 27, "
272 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
Twenty-Fourth Regiment — Continued.
[Jan.
NAMES.
Hank.
Date of Commis-
sions.
William L. Horton,
Second Lieutenant, .
Sept.
2, 18G1,
Thomas F. Edmands,
0 u
John C. Jones, Jr., .
2, " ,
Nathaniel S. Barstow,
o «
Daniel T. Sargent, .
0 "
Charles G. Ward, .
2, «
Thomas M. Sweet, .
2, "
James M. Barnard, .
O U
Horatio D. Jarvis, .
9 <£
Deming Jarvis, Jr.,
2, "
Parmenas E. Wheeler,
Aug.
1, 1862,
Charles F. Perkiiis,
27 "
Edgar Clough,
Sept.
27, "
The Twenty-Fourth Regiment- was recruited and organized
by Major Stevenson, of the Fourth Battalion Massachusetts
Yolunteer Militia, who was afterwards appointed its Colonel.
Most of the field and line officers had received their military
education in the old battalion. Colonel Stevenson has lately
been promoted Brigadier-General of Volunteers, for his ability
and gallantry.
The regiment encamped at " Camp Massasoit," Keadville,
Massachusetts, from the time of its organization until the 9th
of December, 1861, when it was ordered to Annapolis, Md.,
to report to Major-General Burnside. At Annapolis the
regiment was attached to the brigade of General J. G. Foster,
in whose honor the camp which it occupied at that place was
named. It went on board transport at Annapolis on the 6th
of January, 1862 ; on the 9th sailed with the rest of the expe-
dition, un(]er command of General Burnside, for Hatteras Inlet,
where it arrived on the 13th.
Great difficulty was experienced in getting the fleet through
Hatteras Inlet, and the Twenty-Fourth remained there until
the oth of February, experiencing some severe and destructive
gales. Part of the regiment was obliged to land, in order that
its transport might get over the " Swash." Just after landing,
a terrific gale arose, .which rendered communication with the
fleet impossible for six days. Many of the tents were swept
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3. 273
Twenty-Fourth Regiment — Continued.
Eosldence.
Discharged.
nemarks.
W. Roxbury, .
Boston, .
W. Roxbury, .
Boston, .
Salem,
Boston, .
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ■■ '
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I 1
Promoted 1st Lieut., Aug. 1, 1862.
a a u 27 "
" " Sept. 27', "
I - *
away, and the men suffered severely from exposure and the
want of food.
On the 5th of February, the fleet sailed up Albemarle Sound,
and on the 7th, the gunboats engaged the batteries on Roanoke
Island. On the morning of the 8th, the troops having been
landed, carried the lower batteries by storm, and the rebels
retreated toward the upper end of the island. The regiment
then took the advance, pursuing the retreating rebels, and cap-
turing over 1,500 prisoners, with a large amount of small arms,
and a stand of colors, which was presented to the State of
Massachusetts.
On the 8th and 9tli of March, Companies A, Captain William
F. Redding, C, Captain William Pratt, and F, Captain Robert
F. Clark, took part in an expedition to Columbia, N. C.
The regiment remained at Roanoke Island, quartered in the
barracks of the rebels, until the 11th of March, when the whole
expedition, with the exception of a small garrison left on the
island, sailed for Newbern, N. C.
On the 13th of March, the regiment landed at Slocum's
Creek, eighteen miles from Newbern, and on the morning of
the 14th, attacked the rebels in their extensive batteries six ■
miles below Newbern. After a severe fight of three hours, the
rebels were driven from their batteries and retreated in great
disorder. This regiment lost 55 men killed and wounded
during the action ; it captured a rebel garrison flag. The rebels
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in their retreat burned the bridge over the Trent River and set
fire to the city of Newborn, but the pursuit was so rapid that
the flames were extinguished before much damage was done.
The regiment occupied one of the rebel camps on the trotting
park, near the city, and named it " Camp Lee," in honor of
Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Lee, of your Excellency's Staff.
On the 18th of March, Company E, Captain Charles H.
Hooper, and Company F, Captain Robert F. Clark, made a
reconnoissance on Slocum's Creek, toward Beaufort.
On the 19th of March, the regiment sailed for Washington,
N. C, where it arrived on the 21st. Company E, Captain
Charles H. Hooper, and Company G, Captain Edward C. Rich-
ardson, landed and took possession of the town, raising the
American flag over the court-house. On the 22d, the regiment
returned to Newbern.
On the 25th of March, six companies started up the Neuse
River to capture a party of rebels, but being delayed by snags
in the river, returned without accomplishing their object.
April 5th, the regiment moved their camp six miles from
Newbern on the Neuse road, where the regiment performed
picket duty until April 26th, when it returned to the old camp
at Newbern.
On the 1st of May Company A, Captain William F. Redding,
was ordered to Washington, N. C, to protect the formation of
a regiment of loyal North Carolinians. Fearing an attack they
were reinforced on the 12th by Company C, First Lieutenant
James B. Bell, commanding, and Company P, Captain Robert
F. Clark.
On the 3d of June the remainder of the regiment was ordered
to Washington, N. C, and arrived on the night of the 4th. On
the 6th marched out on the Greenville road and met a I'egiment
of infantry and a small force of cavalry in a strong position at
Tranter's Creeks After an engagement of three-quarters of an
hour it completely defeated them, with the loss of their com-
mander, Colonel Singletary. The Twenty-Fourth lost 15
men, killed and wounded ; on the 29th, the whole regiment
was ordered back to Newbern where it arrived on the 30th.
Preparations were made for an advance into the interior of the
State, but in consequence of the condition of affairs on the
Peninsula it was not made, and General Burnside with two
brigades sailed for the James River.
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3. 275
On the 8tli of July Company B, Captain George W. Gardner,
and Company D, Captain John T. Prince, Jr., were ordered to
Washington, N. C. On the 31st the regiment took part in an
expedition under command of Colonel Stevenson. J]ut after
crossing the Neuse River a storm arose of such severity that
the roads became impassable and the expedition was given up.
On the 13th of August, the regiment, with a small force of
marine artillery, started on an expedition to Swansboro', N. C,
under command of Colonel Stevenson. They destroyed a
large amount of salt, a lot of very extensive salt works, and a
rebel battery and barracks, and returned to Newbern, on the
20th. *
On the 6th of September the town of Washington, N. C, was
attacked by a large force of rebels. Companies B and D formed
part of the force engaged in the defence of the town, and lost
six men, killed and wounded. The rebels were repulsed after
three hours' fighting. On the 12th Companies B and D rejoined
the regiment at Newbern.
On the 30th of October the regiment sailed for Washington,
N. C, the appointed rendezvous of a large force of infantry,
cavalry and artillery, to make an expedition under command of
Major-General Foster. They arrived at Washington on the
31st, and on the morning of the 2d of November the whole expe-
dition took up the line of march for Williamston. They had two
severe skirmishes on the 2d, one just at dusk and the other
about midnight. They reached Williamston on the 3d, and con-
tinued the march toward the rebel batteries and breastworks
below Hamilton, on the Roanoke River ; reached the batteries on
the 4th and found them deserted. On the 5th they penetrated
to within ten miles of Tarboro', and on the morning of the
6th started on their return. The expedition on its return
marched to Hamilton, thence to Williamston, and from there
to Plymouth, where it embarked for Newbern, which place it
reached on the 11th.
This sketch of the service of the Twenty-Fourth is to the
10th of November ; the part it took, if any, in the subsequent
expedition to Goldsboro', by Major-General Foster, I cannot
record, as no report has been received from the regiment, since
the above date.
The following are the number of the casualties of the regi-
ment since its departure from the Commonwealth, December
276
ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
[Jan.
9tli, 1861. Number of killed in battle — officers, none ; enlisted
men, 18. Wounded — officers, 2 ; enlisted men, 59. Number
of deaths by sickness — officers, none ; enlisted men, 69, and 3
accidentally wounded. Number of enlisted men discharged,
40 ; missing, 4 ; deserted, 8.
Total number of casualties, 209.
TWENTY-FIFTH REGIMENT.
Date of Co
mmis-
NAMES.
Eank.
sions.
Edwin Upton, . . . .
Colonel, .
Sept. 9,
1861,
Augustus B. R. Sprague,
Lieut. Colonel, .
•9,
u
Matthew J. McCafierty, .
Major,
Oct. 1,
u
J. Marcus Rice,
Surgeon, .
Sept. 16,
a
Theron Temple,
Assistant-Surgeon, .
Oct. 15,
n
Elijah A. Harkness,
First Lieut., (Adj't,) .
Sept. 21,
u
William 0. Brown,
(Qrm'r,)
20,
(1
Horace James,
Chaplain, .
Oct. 28,
li
Joseph C. Batchelder,
Assistant-Surgeon,
Mar. 31,
u
Josiah Pickett,
Major,
20,
((
Samuel Flagg,
Assistant-Surgeon,
July 31,
u
Horace Mecorney, .
li 11
Sept. 29,
11
Josiah Pickett,
Colonel, .
Oct. 29,
1862,
Orson Moulton, ' .
Lieut. Colonel,
Nov. 5,
(1
Cornelius G. Attwood,
Major,
Oct. 29,
u
Josiah Pickett,
Captain,
12,
(1
WiUard Clark,
u
12,
(t
Cornelius G. Attwood,
it
12,
u
Albert H. Foster. .
u
12,
((
Thomas O'Neil, ' .
11
12,
u
Charles H. Foss,
li
12,
((
Lewis Wagely,
((
12,
u
Orson Moulton,
u
12,
((
Veranus P. Parkhurst,
11
12,
((
J. Waldo Denny, .
((
12,
i(
Francis E. Goodwin,
11
Mar. 20,
((
William Emery,
1(
April 15,
u
James Tucker,
((
Oct. 29,
a
Samuel Harrington,
u
Nov. 5,
(C
Frank E. Goodwin,
First Lieutenant,
Oct. 12,
1861,
William Emery,
(1 a
12,
u
Jamus Tucker,
u a
12,
11
■ George S. Campbell,
(I ((
12,
(1
A Villi am Daley,
" "
12,
(1
Eevi Lawrence,
11 a
12,
((
Henry M. Richter, .
" "
12,
((
David I\I. Woodward,
(( ((
12,
It
James B. Smith,
U ((
12,
((
Samu(.'l Harrington,
U ((
12,
u
IMerritt B. Bessey, .
(( i(
Mar. 20,
1862,
William F. Draper,
" "
April 15,
11
1863.]
HOUSE— No. 3.
277
The following is an abstract of the roster: —
1 Captain promoted Commiasary of Subsistence, U. S. A.
2 First Lieutenants promoted Captains.
3 Second Lieutenants promoted First Lieutenants.
3 Second Lieutenants have been taken from the enlisted men.
8 Commissions have been made for this regiment during the year 1862.
TWENTY-FIFTH EEGIMENT.
Residence.
Discharged.
Fitchburg,
Worcester,
Belchertown,
Worcester,
Fitchburg,
Worcester,
Templeton,
Worcester,
Boston, .
Worcester,
Milford, .
Boston, .
Worcester,
Fitchburg,
Worcester,
Templeton,
Worcester,
u
Milford, .
Boston, .
Paxton, .
Worcester,
Milford, .
Boston, .
Worcester,
u
Fitchburg,
Worcester,
((
Eoyalston,
Paxton, .
Worcester,
Milford, .
Oct. 28, 1862.
Nov. 4, "
Mar. 19, "
Mar. 27, 1862.
Nov. 4, "
Aug. 19, 1862.
April 8, 1862.
Colonel in 51st Kegiment, M. V. M.
Major In 51st Regiment, M. V. M.
Promoted Colonel, Oct. 29, 1862.
— _ •
Promoted Major, March 20, 1862.
Promoted Major, Oct. 29, 1862.
Promoted Lieut. Colonel, Nov. 5, 1862.
Promoted Captain, March 20, 1862.
" " April 15, "
" " Oct. 29, "
July 21, 1862.
June 7, 1862.
July 10, "
Promoted Captain, Nov. 5, 1862.
Promoted Captain 36th Reg't, Aug. 12, '62.
278 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
Twenty-Fifth Regiment — Continued.
[Jan.
Date of Commis-
NAMES.
Rank.
SiODS.
Nathaniel H. Foster,
First Lieutenant,
June 13, 1862,
Merrick F. Prouty, .
" "
July 10, "
James M. Drennan,
(( u
22 "
Henry McConville, .
u a
Aug. 27,' "
John W. Davis,
11 ((
Oct. 29, "
Arthur P. Forbes, .
U (1
Nov. 5, "
John G. McCai'ter, .
ii a
■1 "
INIerritt B. Bessey, .
Second Lieutenant, .
Oct. 12, 1861,
William F. Draper,
a u
12,. "
Merrick F. Prouty,
" "
12, "
George 11. Spaulding,
u u
12, "
Henry McConville, .
" "
12, "
J. Henry Richardson,
u a
12, "
Frederic A. AViegand,
a u
12, »
Nathaniel H. Foster,
" "
12, "
Amos BuiFum,
u a
12, "
James M. Drennan,
" "
12, "
Thomas Earle,
" "
Mar. 20, 1862,
John G. Mc Carter, .
" "
April 25, "
Rudolph A. Hacker,
" "
11, "
John W. Davis,
" "
11, "
Arthur P. Forbes, .
U 11
June 13, "
Joseph B. Knox,
11 11
90 11
Henry Matthews, .
" "
July 8, "
John W. How^
11 11
10, "
Charles F. Tew, .
" "
22, «
Charles E. Upton, .
U 11
Aug. 7, "
Dennis M. Sheehan,
11 11
27, "
George A. Johnson,
" "
Sept. 1, "
Charles H. Pelton, .
11 11
Oct. 29, "
Thomas Saul, .
11 u
Nov. 5, "
James C. Woodworth,
11 11
5, "
Authority to raise the Twenty-Fifth Regiment was granted
on the 9th day of September, 1861 ; Edwin Upton was desig-
nated as Colonel, Augustus B. R. Sprague as Lieutenant-
Colonel. Enlistments commenced on the 10th day of September.
The regiment, September 25th, went into camp (Lincoln) on the
Agricultural Grounds at Worcester ; remained there until Octo-
ber 31st. On that day, at noon, the tents were struck, and at
three o'clock, P. M., the regiment, 1,030 strong, left the camp,
arriving at the Norwich and Worcester depot. The regiment
was put aboard the train awaiting them, and at half-past four
left Worcester for New York ; arriving at Allen's Point, they
embarked on the steamer Connecticut, and reached New York
early on the morning of the 1st of November.
1863.]
HOUSE— No. 3.
Twenty-Fifth Regiment — Continu ed .
279
Kesidcnce.
Discharged.
Remarks.
N. Brookfield, .
_
_
_
•Spencer, .
-
-
- -
Worcester,
—
-
-
Milford, . '.
-
-
-
Worcester,
.
Promoted 1st Lieut.
March 20, 1862.
Milford, .
.
.
u a
April 15, "
Spencer, .
.
u u
July 10, "
Worcester,
July
8,
1862.
- -
■"
Promoted 1st Lieut.
Aug. 27, 1862.
FItchburg,
Aug.
6,
1862.
_ -
Worcester,
Mar.
4,
u
_ _
N. Brookfield, .
Promoted 1st Lieut.
June 13, 1862.
Templeton,
Mar.
31,
1862.
- _
Worcester,
.
Promoted 1st Lieut.
July 22, 1862.
u
Sept.
1,
1862.
-
Milford, .
Promoted 1st Lieut.
Nov. 5, 1862.
Worcester,
June
17,
1862.
Promoted 1st Lieut.
Oct. 29, 1862.
u
u
U il
Nov. 5, "
11
W. Roxbury, .
-
-
- -
Worcester,
-
-
-
Worcester,
-
-
-
Worcester,
_
_
_ _
Templeton,
-
-
-
Worcester,
—
~
~ —
While in New York, Colonel Upton received orders from
General Burnside to proceed to Annapolis with his regiment, and
on his arrival to report to Colonel Morse, Twenty-First Regiment
Massachusetts Volunteers, commanding the post. Leaving
New York on the evening of the 1st of November, the regiment
proceeded to Annapolis, arriving there on Sunday the 3d.
On January 7th, 1862, they embarked on board the transport
steamer New York, propeller Zouave, and schooner Skirmisher,
then lying at Annapolis, and belonging to the Burnside expedi-
tion. The expedition sailed from Annapolis on Thursday
morning, January 10th, and arrived at Hatteras Inlet on
Monday, the 14th inst. After many delays and accidents,
including the foundering of the propeller Zouave, on which
280 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
were two companies of the Twenty-Fifth Regiment, all of whom
were providentially saved, the whole expedition was safely
transported across the " swash " dnring the first week in
February. On February 5th the fleet got under way for
Roanoke Island, and dropped anchor on Thursday the 6th,
within sight of the island. Friday the 7th, early in the morning,
the gunboats steamed slowly up towards the island, and getting
within range, opened fire upon a battery on " Pork Point ; " the
battery responded in a lively and determined manner, and the
action in a short time became general throughout the fleet of
gunboats. The battery being partially silenced, and every
thing being in readiness, the Pilot Boy came alongside of our
transport New York, and took off the most of the regiment on
board ; the rest, together with those aboard the ferry boat
Eagle and schooner Skirmisher, were towed in small boats to
tbe shore by the Pilot Boy. As they neared the shore the
enemy showed themselves, as if determined to dispute the
landing, but two or three shells from the gunboat Hunchback
quickly changed their minds, and our landing was unopposed.
After marching about three-quarters of a mile we bivouacked
for the night. Saturday morning was cold and rainy. The
men were aroused and the line formed at daybreak. The night
previous there had been unmistakable signs, by the wounding
of one of our pickets, of the near proximity of the enemy. On
taking up the line of march, Company A, Twenty-Fifth Regi-
ment, Captain Pickett commanding, was thrown forward as
skirmishers. They had hardly gone half a mile when they met
the outposts of the enemy, and skirmishing commenced. The
enemy being pressed steadily back under the sharp fire of our
skirmishers, they were finally driven back to their earthworks,
when our artillery, consisting of several boat howitzers, was
brought up and placed in position, supported by this regiment,
and opened fire. The enemy had been reported in position
apparently about 2,000 strong. General Foster ordered Colonel
Upton to form the regiment in line of battle across the road,
the right resting on a clearing commanded by the guns of the
enemy, the left extending into the woods and thicket. Fire
was opened by both parties, our artillery shortly after getting
into position, su[)ported by the right wing of this regiment.
They pressed steadily forward, bringing our line within about
18G3.] HOUSE— No. 3. 281
300 yards of the enemy's battery. Fire was kept u)) by us
witliout intermission for about three liours, until about lialf-past
ten, A. M., when, our ammunition being exhausted. Colonel
Upton was ordered to form in column by company, in rear of our
right, which was done in good order. The men rested on their
arms, waiting for a fresh supply of ammunition, until, the
enemy having left his work, Colonel Upton was ordered to
advance, in company with the remainder of General Foster's
brigade. Arriving at the upper end of the island, he was
ordered to quarter in Camp Foster, then in possession of the
Twenty-Third and Twenty-Fourth Massachusetts Regiments.
In this action this regiment had 6 killed and 42 wounded.
The regiment remained on Roanoke Island until March 7th.
On the morning of that day they embarked on board the trans-
ports, and lay at anchor off the Island until the morning of the
11th, when the fleet got under way, and passing through
Croatan and Pamlico Sounds, entered the mouth of the Neus'e
River, and on the evening of the 12th anchored within fifteen
miles of the city of Newbern. On the morning of the 13th,
covered by a heavy fire from our gunboats, who shelled the
woods, they landed at Stocum's Creek, and after a heavy march
of ten miles through rain and mud, bivouacked for the night in
the woods, upon the cold, wet ground, with the rain beating
down upon them.
The morning dawned rainy and cold. At daylight the line
was formed, and after marching about ten miles they came in
sight of the enemy's breastworks. They dropped a few shells
above and around our men, but pressing on, the regiments
were placed in position, and soon the battle became general
along the whole line.
Colonel Upton was ordered by General Foster to move to the
support of the Twenty-Seventh Massachusetts Regiment, on the
opposite side of the road. Moving in that direction, they
arrived at the road, and were then ordered by General Foster
to support our battery, stationed on the road. Taking position
in column by division, they remained there until ordered by
General Foster to deploy and charge on the enemy's works.
This was done, General Foster leading the charge, the enemy
leaving at our approach. Passing into the works the regiment
was formed in line of battle, and Colonel Upton was ordered to
36
282 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
move along the road by the flank, in position for street firing.
Having passed the enemy's camp, our men filed to the left of
the road, and flanking, advanced in line, but cautiously, as
General Park's Brigade were said to be on our left and front,
and General Reno's was expected to be turning the flank of the
enemy's right. Our men advanced slowly, receiving a fire of
musketry, which at first was supposed to come from the other
brigades. Deploying two companies as skirmishers, with
orders to proceed with caution, they soon discovered the fire to
proceed from a body of the enemy, and at once opened fire
upon them. The enemy, to the number of about one hundred
and fifty, soon surrendered to General Foster. He ordered
them placed in charge of Company H, Captain 0. Moulton,
and the regiment proceeded down the railroad to Newborn,
reaching there about five, P. M. The causalties of this
I'egiment numbered four killed and sixteen wounded.
That night our army occupied Newbern, and this regiment
was quartered in the city. They did provost guard duty till
May 9th, and then left Newbern for picket duty in the vicinity.
They had many little skirmishes with the enemy, and were on
many scouts, too numerous to mention, and not of sufficient
importance to embody them in this report.
July 24th, the Twenty-Fifth Regiment, under command of
Lieutenant-Colonel Sprague, in company with several other
regiments, all under command of Colonel H. Lee, Twenty-
Seventh Massachusetts Volunteers, started on an expedition to
Trenton, a small town on the Trent River, about thirty miles
from Newbern. Reaching Trenton Friday morning, they
entered without opposition, though expecting to meet a battery
which would dispute the entrance to the town. After halting
a few hours for rest, they started for Pollocksville ; bivouacked
in the woods Saturday night, and on Sunday morning reached
Pollocksville. There they met a part of the Seventeenth Regi-
ment, and in the afternoon took up the line of march for New-
bern, which place they reached that night at eleven o'clock.
During the hot summer months very little was done by the
troops in this department. On the morning of October 30th,
our regiment, under command of Major Pickett, left Newbern
on board the transport Highlander; forming part of an expedi-
tion under General Foster, arriving at Washington, N. C, on
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3. 283
the 31st. On Sunday, November 2tl, they left Washington,
passed through Williamston and llaniilton, on towards Tar-
borough. On Wednesday night, the 5th, tlicy bivouacked
within ten miles of Tarborough, During the night General
Foster, having learned from reliable sources tliat the enemy,
with their railroad communication open, and receiving large
reinforcements, were strongly posted behind earthworks at
Tarborough, a retrograde movement was determined upon, and
on Thursday, the 6th, they took up the line of march for
Hamilton; arrived there that afternoon, and remained over
night. On the 7th they marched to Williamston, arriving there
in the afternoon, and remained until Sunday, the 9th, when
the march was resumed, and they reached Plymouth Monday
morning, the 10th ; and most of the troops embarked that day
for Newborn. The Twenty-Fifth, with the Twenty-Seventh
Massachusetts Volunteers, and some cavalry, were left to
protect our artillery, which was awaiting transportation to
Newbern.
Six companies remained there on the 3d of November. Since
the regiment left Massachusetts, they have lost from sickness
thirty-nine, in a period of nearly fourteen months.
This re2;iment is still stationed at Newbern. Whetlier it
took part in the late expedition to Goldsboro', under Major-
General Foster, we have no means of knowing, as no report
has been received at this office.
The following is an abstract of the roster : —
1 Colonel discharged.
1 Lieutenant-Colonel promoted Colonel 51st Kegiment Mass. Vol. Militia.
1 Major promoted Colonel.
1 Major discharged.
2 Captains promoted Majors.
1 Captain promoted Lieutenant-Colonel.
1 First Lieutenant promoted Major 51st Regiment Mass. Vol.
4 First Lieutenants promoted Captains.
1 First Lieutenant promoted Captain 36th Regiment Mass. Vol.
9 Second Lieutenants promoted First Lieutenants.
14 Second Lieutenants have been taken from enlisted men.
1 Second Lieutenant has been taken from civil life.
35 Commissions have been made for this regiment durimi the vear 1862.
284 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
TWENTY-SIXTH REGIMENT.
[Jan.
Date of Commis-
sions.
Edward F. Jones,
Al])ha B. Farr,
Josiah A. Sawtelle,
Anson P. Hooker,
James G. Bradt,
George E. Davis,
James Monroe,
Charles Babbidge,
James G. Bradt,
Lemuel M. Willis,
Edward Russell,
Alpha B. Farr,
Isaac Smith, Jr.,
Josiah A. Sawtelle,
Eusebius S. Clarke,
George M. Dickerman,
Eusebius S. Clarke,
Enos W. Thayer, .
Benjamin Warren, .
William H. Chapman,
Thomas H. Annable,
Henry C. Wilcox,
Andrew Blood,
John Pickering,
Stephen E. Fletcher,
John I*. Noyes,
Benjamin W. Frost,
John A. Lynch,
James Brady, Jr . ,
Andrew J. Johnson,
John S. Cooke,
John A. Lynch,
William H. Lamson,
William F. Wood,
Edward Caufy,
James Brady, Jr.,
Benjamin \V. Frost,
Charles E. Drew,
John T. Robinson,
Henry K. Oliver,
Algernon S. Badger,
Ezekiel W. Eastman,
Albert Tilden,
Edward B. ILill, .
Silas P. Blodgett, .
Georiie E. Yarrington,
John' H. P. White, .
W^illiam 11. Willey, .
Edward B. Hall, .
Albert Tilden,
Seth Bouncy, .
Colonel, .
Lieut. Colonel, .
Major,
Surgeon, .
Assistant-Surgeon,
First Lieut., (Adj't,)
" (Qrm'r,)
Chaplain, .
Surgeon, .
Assistant-Surgeon,
(( u
Colonel, .
Assistant-Surgeon,
Lieut. Colonel,
Major,
Captain,
First Lieutenant,
Second Lieutenant,
Aug. 28, 1861,
28, "
28, "
Sept. 10, "
10, "
Aug. 28, "
28, "
Nov. 16, "
July 14, 1862,
14, "
29, "
28, "
Dec. 2, "
July 29, "
29 "
Sept. 20', 1861,
16, «
25, "
21, "
23, "
18, «
24, «
19, "
17, "
26, "
7, 1862,
7, "
Sept. 30, "
Dec. 6, "
Sept. 24, 1861,
25, "
17, «
16, "
19, "
20, "
18, "
21, "
23, «
26, »
April 1, 1862,
11, «
May 9, «
July 22, «
Sept. 30, «
Nov. 12, «
Dec. 16, "
Nov. 19, "
Sept. 21, 1861,
23 "
25,' "
OJ. ((
Feb.
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3.
TWENTY-SIXTH REGIMENT.
285
IJcsidcucc.
Discharged.
Eemarks.
Peppcrell,
July 27, 1862.
_
Lowell, .
Promoted Colonel, July 28, 1862.
14
- -
Lt. Col., July 29, "
Cambridge,
June 18, 1862.
-
Lowell, .
Promoted Surgeon, July 14, 1862.
Cambridge,
Died, Nov. 18, 1862.
Pepperell,
-
_
Lowell, .
— -
— —
Lynn,
_^Promoted Surgeon ist Louisiana Vol.
Quincy, .
-
Lowell, .
- -
- -
Foxborougb, .
-
-
Lowell, .
-
_,
Groton, .
- -
- -
Lowell, .
_ _
- -
Groton, .
Promoted Major, July 29, 1862.
Pawtucket,
- -
_ -
Lowell, .
-
-
Acton,
- -
- -
Cambridge,
- -
- -
Fall River,
Lieut. Col. 3d Louisiana Vol., Dec. 5, '62.
Lowell, .
Feb. 6, 1862.
- -
Lawrence,
-
-
Wrentbam,
Sept. 29, 1862.
-
Lowell, .
Aug. 21, 1862.
-
Easton, .
_ _
_ _
Fall River,
-
_ -
Lowell, .
Apr. 10, 1862.
-
Groton, .
- -
-
Easton, .
Promoted Captain, Sept. 30, 1862.
Lowell, .
Mar. 31, 1862.
- -
Acton,
May 8, "
-
Lawrence,
_ _
_ _
Fall River,
,
Promoted Captain, Dec. 16, 1862.
Lowell, .
• •
" " Feb. 7, "
Lawrence,
_ _
_ -
Boston, .
- -
_
Maiden, .
_ _
- -
Milton,' .
App'd Capt. 1st Texas Cav'y, Nov. 11, '62.
Lowell,
_ -
_ -
Easton, .
- -
-
Groton, .
-
-
Acton,
-
-
Lawrence,
-
- -
Acton,
_ _
_ -
Lowell, .
Apr. 2, 1862.
_ _
Gi'oton, .
Promoted 1st Lieut., Sept. 30, 1862.
Easton, .
■ • •
" " Juy 22, "
Sterling, .
"" ""
_ —
286
ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
Twenty- Sixth Regiment — Con ti n u ed.
[Jan.
NAMES.
r.aiili.
Date of Commis-
sions.
Silas P. Blodgett, ....
George E. Yarrington, .
John B. Campbell, . . . .
Ezekiel Eastman, . . . .
Algernon S. Badger,
Henry K. Oliver, . . . .
Lewis 0. Fuller, . . . .
George H. Stone, . . . .
Archibald Starkweather, .
Henry L. Esterbrook,
Winfield IL Benham, * .
John H. P. White, . . . .
Russell 0. Houghton,
Elias E. Haynes, ....
James A. Troy, . .
Pliny R. Howe, ....
Second Lieutenant, .
Sept. 26, 1S61,
20, "
Sept. 18, "
17, "
19, "
16, "
April 29, 1862,
1, "
11, "
May 9, "
Julv 22, «
22, "
Sept. 30, "
Nov. 12, "
Dec. 16, "
17, "
The Twenty-Sixth Regiment went into camp at " Camp Cam-
eron," Cambridge, Mass., on the 28th day of August, 1861, it
being at that time known as the Sixth. On the 23d of Septem-
ber it moved to " Camp Chase," Lowell, where it remained till
November 19th. It then moved to Boston. It left Boston -on
the 21st day of November, 1861, on board the transport
steamer Constitution, and after a pleasant voyage, during
which they touched at Portland, Me., and Fortress Monroe, they
arrived safely at Ship Island, Mississippi Sound, on the 3d day
December, 1861. At the time of their arrival the island was
occupied by a few U. S. Maiines, who garrisoned Fort Massa-
chusetts on its western end. This regiment was the first to
encamp on tlie spot. They remained at Ship Island until the
middle of April, 1862, without having any trouble with the
enemy, and during that time were engaged in no action
deserving the name of battle. A sliglit skirmish at Mississippi
City, Miss., in which 100 men from Companies B and I parti-
cipated, and in which one only of the regiment was injured,
and he very sliglitly, was their only engagement.
On the 15th of April, 1862, the regiment was ordered on
board the transport steamer Mississippi, and on the morning of
the 16th they left Ship Island for the Mississippi River.
Arriving at the moutli of the Soutliwcst Pass on the evening of
the 17th, they lay at anchor during the night, and on the
1863.]
HOUSE— No. 3.
Twenty- Sixth Regiment — Con t i n n ed .
287
Bcsldencc.
Discharged.
Hemarks.
Acton,
Lawrence,
Fall River,
Lowell, .
Milton, .
Maiden, .
Baltimore, Md.,
Natick, .
Boston, .
Stow,
Acton,
Townsend,
Sudbury, .
Methuen,
Lowell, .
July 22, 1862.
Promoted 1st Lieut., Nov. 12, 1862.
" " Dec. 16, "
Promoted 1st Lieut., May 9, 1802.
" " April 11, "
a (1 (( 1 u
Promoted 1st Lieut., Nov. 19, 1862.
morning of the 18th ran up the river and anchored at the head
of the Passes. The bombardment of Forts Jackson and St.
Philip was commenced on the 18th, and though the regiment
were too far away to see much that was going on, the report of
the heavy guns could be distinctly heard.
On the morning of the 21st they moved up the river again,
and finally anchored below the forts, just out of range of their
guns. They lay there during the bombardment, and witnessed
the passing of the forts by the fleet on the morning of the 25th.
The same morning (25th) they ran down the river through the
Southwest Pass, and round to Sable Bay, in the rear of Fort
St. Philip, where they arrived on the 26th. They then left the*
transport Mississippi for the gunboat Miami, and moved up two
or three miles nearer the fort, almost in range, where they ran
aground and remained fast. The next morning (27th) they
commenced their disembarkation, but owing to the insufficient
means of transport only part of the regiment could move at a
time, and the last company did not land till the morning of
the 28th.
This mancBUvre was intended to break the communication
between the forts and the city of New Orleans, which was
efifectually accomplished, the regiment taking possession of
Quarantine Station, and throwing one Company (H) across
the river as guard on the only road leading to the forts.
288 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
On the morning of the 28th thej witnessed the explosion of
the rebel ram Louisiana, which was abandoned and set on fire
by the crew ; and, on the afternoon of tlie same day, they saw
the stars and stripes run up once more over Forts Jackson and
St. Philip. On the 29th, a detachment was sent down to relieve
a portion of the Thirtieth Massachusetts Regiment, which was
the first to take possession of the forts. On the next day (30th)
the rest of the regiment followed, with the exception of two
companies, which were left to hold Quarantine Station.
They remained at the forts until the month of July, when
they were relieved by the Thirteenth Maine Regiment, (Colonel
Neal Dow,) and ordered to report at New Orleans. Owing to
lack of transportation they did not all move at once, but came
up the river in three detachments, the first leaving Fort Jack-
son- Quarantine Station and Buras settlement (Co. H) on the
9th of July; the second leaving Fort St. Phillip on the 11th,
and the third on the 13th of July, 1862, on the afternoon of
which day the regiment was once more united and encamped in
Lafayette Square, New Orleans, using Odd Fellows' Hall as
head-quarters and hospital.
On the 19th day of September, 100 men from Companies F
and I, under command of Captain Pickering, were ordered to
join two companies of the Twelfth Maine Regiment, (all under
command of Major George C. Strong, Adjutant-General,) and
proceed across Lake Ponchatrain to Manshac, to destroy a rail-
road and break up a rebel camp located there. Total loss, 13.
On the 1st day of October, tlieir quarters were changed from
Odd Fellows' Hall and Lafayette Square to the Custom House
• on Canal Street, at which place they were on November 28th,
1862.
Since the regiment left Massachusetts, 73 men have died of
various diseases. In consequence of discharges and transfers to
other regiments, the total losses from this regiment have been
219. To counterbalance this, there has been a gain of 111 by
enlistment.
The following is an abstract of tlie roster : —
1 Colonel discharged.
1 Lieutenant-Colonel promoted Colonel.
1 Major promoted Lieutenant-Colonel.
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3. 289
1 Assistant-Surgeon pi-omotcd Siirgooii.
1 Assistant-Surgeon promoted Surgeon 1st Louisiana Volunteers.
1 Captain promoted Lieutenant-Colonel Third Louisiana Regiment.
1 Captain promoted Major.
1 Captain discharged the service.
1 First Lieutenant died.
3 First Lieutenants promoted Captains.
1 First Lieutenant promoted Captain First Texas Cavalry.
8 Second Lieutenants promoted First Lieutenants.
10 Second Lieutenants promoted from enlisted men.
29 Commissions have been made for this regiment during the year 1SG2.
Brattleboro', Vt., Nov. 15, 1S62.
His Excellency Governor Andrew, Boston, Massachusetts: —
Dear Sir, — In reply to your printed note of the 7th inst., I would state that
the troops from IMassachusetts which have served under my command were as
follows, viz. : — Colonel Wardrop's Regiment of three months' men, Barnes'
Battalion of Volunteers, Colonel Jones' Twenty-Sixth Volunteers, Colonel
Dudley's Thirtieth Volunteers, Read's Cavalry, three companies, and Manning's
Battery.
Colonel Wardrop's Regiment and Barnes' Battalion served with me at New-
port News, Virginia, in 1861, several of the companies taking a prominent
part in the battle of Big Bethel.
Colonel Jones' Twenty-Sixth and Manning's Battery formed the larger
part of the Middlesex Brigade, with which I received possession of Ship Island
from our navy. The Thirtieth, under Lieutenant-Colonel French, and Read's
Cavalry, subsequently arrived upon the island and joined my command.
With the Thirtieth and Manning's Battery I occupied Forts Jackson and
St. Philip, on thelr^urrender by the rebels ; and these forts were subsequently
garrisoned and restored to order by the Twenty-Sixth, the Thirtieth and
Manning's Battery proceeding on to New Orleans and ultimately taking part
in the battle of Baton Rouge.
The intelligence of these corps, their knowledge of the cause and tenden-
cies of the rebellion, and their devotion to liberty, rendered them almost, if
not quite, equal to regular troops. Especially was this the case with the
Twenty-Sixth and the men of Manning's Battery. The Twenty-Sixth per-
formed their duty with a degree of regularity and subordination to military
rule, which I have seldom seen surpassed by any regular corps.
With respect to the appointment or promotion of officers, perhaps the Cap-
tains of a regiment might constitute a Board of Selection, to recommend
through the Colonel such persons as they may consider proper to be commis-
sioned hy the Governor ; the cases occurring in the cavalry or artillery detached
companies to be brought before the Captains of any infantry regiment from
the same State, with which they may be serving.
Very respectfully your obedient servant,
J. W. Phelps.
37 ^
290 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
TWENTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT.
[Jan.
Date of Commis-
N A JI E S .
Eank.
siuus.
Horace C Lee, ....
Colonel, .
Sept.
3, 1861,
Luke Lyman, .
Lieut. Colonel. .
17, "
AVilliam M. Brown,
Major,
9i "
George A. Otis,
Surgeon, .
14, "
Samuel Camp,
Assistant-Surgeon,
21, "
George W. Bartlett,
First Lieut., (Adj't,) .
25, "
William H. Tyler, 2a, .
" (Quart'r,)
17, "
Walter G. Bartholomew,
Major,
Dec.
7, "
Miles Sanford,
Chaplain, .
Oct.
8, «
Charles L. Woodworth, .
((
Mar.
30, 1862,
Peter E. Ilubon,
Assistant-Surgeon,
Apri:
1.5, "
Franklin L. Hunt, .
" "
Aug.
8, "
Samuel C. Vance, .
Captain, .
Oct.
16, 1861,
Adin W. Caswell, .
a
16, "
William A. Walker,
u
16, "
Timothy W. Sloan,
a
16, "
Gustavus A. Fuller,
li
16, "
Lucius F. Thayer, .
u
16, "
R. Ripley Swift,
u
16, "
Walter G. Bartholomew, ,
u
16, »
Henry A. liubbard,
u
16, "
Horace K. Cooley, .
((
16, "
Charles D. Sanford,
u
Dec.
7, »
Edward K. Wilcox,
a
Feb.
13, 1862,
John W. Moore,
a
Jan.
9 4'
John W. Trafton, .
u
July
23, "
Henry C. D wight, .
u
1, "
Mark H. Spaulding,
First Lieutenant,
Oct.
16, 1861,
Parker W. MclManus, .
U 11
16, "
Joseph H. Nutting,
a ((
16, "
Amriel R. Dennison,
" "
16, "
John W. Trafton, .
" "
16, "
John W. Moore,
" "
16, "
Peter S. Bailey,
" "
16, "
Charles D. Sanford,
" "
16, "
Edward K. Wilcox,
" "
16, "
George Warner,
a a
16, "
William H. H. Briggs,
" "
Dec.
T, "
Cyrus W. Goodale, .
a a
Feb.
13, 1862,
James H. Fowler, .
" "
Jan.
-7
Henry C. Dwight, .
" "
Apri
I 1, "
John S. Aitcheson, .
" "
July
1, "
Luther J. Bradley, .
u a
23, "
Edwin C. Clark, .
Second Lieutenant, .
Oct.
16, 1861,
Lovell H. Ilorton, .
" "
16, "
AYilliam F. Barrett,
a u
16, "
John S. Aitcheson, .
" "
16, "
Lutlnir J. Bradley, .
" "
16, "
James H. Fowler, .
" "
16, "
Frederic C. Wright,
" "
16, "
W^illiam H. H. Briggs,
" "
16, "
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3.
TWENTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT.
291
Kcsitlence.
Discharged.
Springfield,
Northaiupton,
Adams, .
Sprinj^field,
Gt. Bari-ington
Greenfield,
Adams, .
Springfield,
Adams, .
Amherst, .
"Worcester,
West Boylston
Indianapolis, In
Gardner, .
Greenfield,
Amherst, .
New York,
Westfield,
Chicopee,
Springfield,
Ludlow, .
Springfield,
Adams, .
Springfield,
Tolland, .
Springfield,
Northampton,
Davenport, la
Greenfield,
Amherst, .
Albany, N. Y.
Tolland, .
Springfield,
Adams, .
Springfield,
(I
Adams, .
U ilbraham,
Westfield,
Northampton,
Chicopee,
Lee,
Northampton,
Athol,
Greenfield,
Chicopee,
Lee,
Westfield,
Northampton,
Adams, .
Dec. 0, 18GL
Mar. 27, 1862.
Feb. 2.5, 1862.
June 16* 1862.
Nov. 15, 1862.
July 22, "
Jan. 1, "
Mar. 30, 1862.
Mar. 30, 1862.
Feb. 28, 1861.
Killed in battle.
Pi'omoted Major Dec. 7, 1861.
Died at Eoanoke Island, Feb. 12, 1862.
Promoted Captain, Julv 23, 1862.
" " Jail. 2, '•
Promoted Captain, Dec. 7, 1861.
Feb. 13, 1862.
Promoted Captain, July 1, 1862.
Promoted 1st Lieut., July 1, 1882.
u ^; 23 "
« " Jan. 2,' "
Promoted 1st Lieut,, Dec. 7, 1861.
292 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
Twenty-Seventh Regiment — Continued.
[Jan.
K A 31 E S .
Rank.
Date of Commis-
sions.
Cyius W. Good ale,
W. Chapman Hunt,
Henry C. i)wi<:ht, .
Joseph "W. Lawton,
Pliny Wood, .
Ira JB. Sampson,
Edward D. Lee,
Jerome B. Joselyn, .
John P. Blakeman, .
John L. Skinner, .
Richard J. Bush,
Second Lieutenant, .
Oct. 10, 1861,
16, "
Dec. 7, "
Feb. 13, 1862,
Jan. 2, "
2 "
Mar. is', "
April 1, "
1, "
July 1, "
23, "
This regiment was raised in the western part of the State, and
mustered into the service of the United States, at Springfield,
on the 20th of September, 1861. They left the State on the
2d of November, nine hundred and eighty-one strong, and
arrived at Annapolis, Md,, on the 5th, having come via Hudson,
N. Y., Jersey City, Philadelphia, and Baltimore, where they
remained until the next day, when they went into camp about
three-quarters of a mile from the city of Annapolis, which they
named " Camp Springfield."
Here they remained until the 6th of January, 1862. In the
meantime they applied themselves closely to drill and a
knowledge of field movements, and the duties incidental to
camp life, in all of which they proved proficient, when they
embarked on transports and proceeded to Fortress Monroe,
where they arrived on the 11th. On the evening of the
9th, as a fatigue party was returning to the transport from
shore, the boat in which they were came in contact with a
steam-boat and was upset, and two men, Michael Cavannagh, of
Company F, and James M. Ilamblin, Company E, were drowned.
On the morning of the 12th they left Hampton Roads under
sealed orders, and on the following day arrived at Hatteras
Inlet, N. C. They encountered a severe storm on the passage,
during which one of the transports became separated from her
consort, and was unable, on account of the high sea, to enter
over the shoals, outside of which she remained several days, in
imminent danger of being wrecked.
1863.]
HOUSE— No. ?.
Twenty-Seventh Regiment — Continued.
293
Discharged.
Wilbraham,
Springfield,
Northampton,
Ware,
Westfiekl,
Templeton,
Adams, .
Morris, Conn., .
Amherst, .
Gt. Barrington,
Tromoted 1st Lieut., Feb. 13, 1862.
Promoted 1st Lieut, April 1, 1862.
Killed in battle, March 14, 1862.
On the morning of the 6th of February, having remained, in
the interim, on board of the transports, which, owing to the
length and severity of the storm, were prevented from joining
each other and the remainder of the fleet, they started for
Pamlico Sound, and duly arrived in sight of Roanoke Island.
On the evening of the 7th, the gunboats having meanwhile
engaged and partly silenced the enemy's batteries on the island,
our forces, of which this regiment composed a part, landed and
bivouacked in an open field, in a cold drenching rain. Early the
following morning, the regiment, in company with the Twenty-
Third Massachusetts Volunteers, marched to the attack, passing
in their course through miry swamps and almost impenetrable
thickets, during which they were exposed to a severe fire from
the enemy, secured behind entrenchments, and in which they lost
several killed and wounded. Our forces finally succeeded in
turning the enemy's left flank, the right having been gained by
another body of our troops, when they gave way and were
closely pursued by us, which finally resulted in an unconditional
surrender to General Foster, in command of the Federal forces.
During this engagement the loss of this regiment was five
killed and fifteen wounded. On the 11th the regiment was
ordered again upon transports, where they remained for about a
month, closely crowded on board three vessels ; v/ith impure
air the health of the regiment became visibly affected. Here,
on the 12th, Captain Henry A. Hubbard, of Company I, met
his death in consequence of a cold contracted during exposure
at Hatteras Inlet.
294 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
March lltli tlic regiment, in company witli the rest of our
forces, left Roanoke Island, and on the morning of the 13th
landed and marched towards Newborn, N. C. Early on the
morning of the 14th, they encountered the enemy strongly j)0sted
in the vicinity of Newbern, and immediately attacked them.
The fight was kept up till, their ammunition being expended,
they received orders to fall back, liaving been relieved by another
regiment. During this engagement the Twenty-Seventh suffered
a loss of 15 killed and 78 wounded. The enemy having been
repulsed, our forces rapidly commenced the pursuit towards
Newbern. Upon arriving in sight of the city, it was discovered
to be on fire in several places, also the great bridge which crosses
the Trent River. The regiment at once proceeded to cross the
river in boats, and encamped on tlie other side, occupying the
camp of the Seventh North Carolina Regiment, about one-half
mile from the city, in which they found good quarters and
abundant supplies. This camp they named " Camp Hampshire,"
where they remained five or six weeks.
On May 1st they were ordered to Batcheldcr's Creek, about
eight miles from Newbern, where they remained about a month,
returning the 1st of June to their old camp near Newbern.
Here they remained till about the last of July, meanwhile
perfecting themselves in drill, during which time the regiment
was most of the time under the command of its lieutenant-
colonel, its colonel being in command of a brigade. On the
25tii of July, the brigade to which this regiment was attached
was ordered to make a reconnoissance to Trenton, for the purjwse
of ascertaining tlic force and doings of the enemy. Having
arrived at Trenton and disjicrscd a cavalry force of the enemy
stationed there, and ascertained that no earthworks or entrench-
ments were being built, they returned to Newbern via Pollocks-
ville, having been absent about three days.
On the 9th of September, Companies C, I, and A, were
ordered to Washington, and the five remaining companies to
Newport Barracks, the balance, of two companies, having been
left some time previously at Batcheldcr's Creek, doing outpost
duty. This arrangement continued until November 80th, wlien
they were recalled, and the reginiont, except the two companies
at Batcheldcr's Crock, ordered to join in the ex})cdition to
Williamston and Hamilton.
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3. 295
Oil the 2(1 of November, a part of eight coinpanics, under
the command of Major Bartholomew, engaged in the expedi-
tion to iramilton, upon which they were absent fourteen days,
daily making forced marches and bivouacking at niglit, from
which they returned without having suffered any loss, having,
in the engagement at Ravvlc's Mills, been held in reserve.
The Ibllowing losses have occurred in this regiment since its
having left the State : —
Killed at Roanoke Island, . . . . . . 5
Killed at Newbern, 15
Drowned, . . . . . . . . . 8
Shot by a picket, ........ 1
Died by disease, ........ 67
Killed by lightning, 1
Total,. . 92
Wounded at Roanoke Island, ..... 15
Wounded at Newbern, . . . . ... 78
Total, 93
Deserted, 8
Aggregate, . . . . . . . .193
This regiment also took part in the expedition to Goldsboro',
N. C. It formed part of the brigade of the Third, Fourth,
Fifth, Twenty-Fifth, Twenty-Seventh and Forty-Fifth Massa-
chusetts regiments. The brigade was under command of
Colonel Lee, of this regiment.
It left Newbern, December 11th, its position being with tlie
baggage train, in the rear. They encamped that night on the
Trenton road, at eight o'clock, P. M. On the 12th it marched
through swamps, gradually growing worse, until ten o'clock.
On the 13th it continued its march, and about noon arrived
within a few miles of Kinston, where the advance had met
and driven back a body of the enemy, and encamped for the
night. Here two days' rations and twenty rounds of ammuni-
tion were served out to each man. On tlio 14th the Fifth
296
ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
[Jan.
RegiQicnt liaving been left to guard the baggage, the brigade
moved up the Kiiistoii road, and soon heard tlie firing from the
front, the advance having met the enemy, and they soon became
engaged in battle. The enemy retreated, and the Twenty-Sev-
enth encamped for the night in Kinston. On the 15th they
marched during the day, and encamped about eight o'clock at
night. On the 16th they were not fairly out of camp when
firing was heard, and they soon found that the advance were
engaged w^ith the enemy at White Hall. They were ordered
immediately on towards Goldsboro' and encamped at sundown,
eight miles below that place. On the 17th they were early on
TWEH"TY-EIGHTH REGIMENT.
Date of Commis-
NAMES.
Eank.
sions.
William Monteith, . . . .
Colonel, .
Nov.
25, 1861,
Maclelland Moore, .
Lieut. Colonel, .
25, "
George W. Cartwright,
Major,
Oct.
8, "
Patrick A. O'Connell,
Surgeon, .
25, "
George W. SnoV, .
Assistant-Surgeon,
Sept.
30, "
Addison A. Hosmer,
First Lieut., (Qrm'r,)
Oct.
24, "
Charles II. Sanborn,
" (Adj't,; .
8, «
Nicholas O'Brien, .
Chaplain, .
Jan.
7, 1862,
Joseph M. Finotti, .
u
May
10, "
Lawrence S. McMahon,
"
June
28, "
James T. Rood,
Assistant-Surgeon,
Aug.
11, "
Richard Byrnes,
Colonel, .
Sept.
29, "
George W. Cartwright,
Lieut. Colonel, .
July
26, "
Andrew P. Carraher, ♦
Major,
26, "
John C. Barrington,
Assistant-Surgeon,
Dec.
5, "
Andrew P. Caraher,
CSptain, .
Oct.
8, 1861,
Lawrence P. Barrett,
"
8, "
Isaac Britton, .
a
8, "
Andrew J. Lawler, .
"
8, «
John II. Brennan, .
a
8, "
Samuel Moore,
u
8, "
John A. McDonald,
u
8, "
John Riley,
a
8, "
Alexander Blaney, .
((
8, "
George F. McDonald,
u
8, "
John J. Cooley,
"
Dec.
3, "
Charles 11. Sanborn,
a
April
4, 1862,
James Magner,
"
5, "
AVilliam J. Lemoyne,
a
Aug.
9, »
Samuel McKeever, .
"
Oct.
4, "
James O'Keefe,
a
July
27, "
James McArdle,
"
July
26i "
Jeremiah W. Coveney,
u
Nov.
1, "
1863.]
HOUSE— No. 3.
297
the march, and at eleven o'clock came within sight of the
Wilmington Railroad. The Twenty-Seventh were moved forward
in line and behaved bravely tliroiigli the day. After accomplish-
ing the purpose of General Foster, and after having seen severe
fighting, the regiment returned to Newborn, where it now is.
The following is an abstract of the roster : —
1 Major discharged.
1 Captain promoted Major.
1 Captain died at Roanoke Island, February 12th, 1862.
5 First Lieutenants promoted Captains.
9 Second Lieutenants have been taken from enhsted men.
12 Commissions have been made for this regiment during the year 1862.
TWENTY-EIGHTH BEQIMENT.
Discharged.
New York City,
Boston, .
Chelsea, .
West Boylston
Boston,
Roxbury,
Brookline,
Boston,
Rutland,
Lt., 5th U. S.
Boston,
Cav'y
Chelsea,
Lynn,
Boston,
Milford,
Boston,
Holden,
Boston,
Natick,
Boston,
Milford,
Boston,
New York City
Boston, .
Cambridge,
Worcester,
Boston, .
Cambridge,
Aug. 3, 1862.
July 25, "
May 5, 1862.
Aug. 8, 1862.
Dec. 2, 1861.
Jan. 15, 1863.
Oct. 31, 1862.
July 26, "
April 2, "
4, "
Oct. 3, 1862,
Promoted Lieut. Colonel, July 26, 1862.
Transferred to 14th Reg't, Jan. 28, 1862.
Promoted Captain, April 4, 1862.
Never joined regiment.
Resigned.
Promoted Major, July 26, 1862.
Discharged as 1st Lieut.
38
298 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
Twenty-Eighth Regiment — Continu ed.
[Jan.
Date of Commis-
sions.
Iliimiihrey Sullivan,
John J. Coolev,
Hugh P. Boylb,
James Magee,
James JNIeArdle,
James O'Keefe,
Benjamin T. Bartlett,
William Mitchell, .
Moses J. Emery,
James Slagner,
John Ahern, .
William J. Lemoyne,
Benjamin F. Weeks,
John Carleton,
Florence J. Buckley,
Jeremiah W. Coveney,
Josiah F. Kennison,
Edmund H. Fitzpatrick,
John Killian, .
Levi C. Brackett, .
John K. Stitt, .
Patrick Dwyer,
James Fleming,
Jeremiah W. Coveney,
Josiah F. Kennison,
John Ahern, .
Florence J. Buckley,
William PI. Flynn, .
John Carleton,
Nicholas J. Barrett,
Alexander Barrett,
James Devine,
Edmund H. Fitzpatrick,
John Killian, .
John Ahern, .
Levi C. Brackett, .
John R. Stitt, .
James Fleming,
Patrick Dwyer,
Edwin J. Weller, .
James B. AVest,
James O. Carruthers,
George Mitchell,
Augustus Annaud, .
John Sullivan,
Charles P. Briens, .
William Ilolland, .
Robert Ilorrigan,
Joseph Quigley,
Michael Campbell, .
Charles P. Smith, ,
James Mclntire,
First Lieutenant,
Second Lieutenant,
Oct. 8, 1861,
8,
15,
Dec.
3,
3,
April
June
6,
1,
July
April
Aug,
4,
5,
9,
July
26,
27,
Sept.
24,
26,
Nov.
1,
15,
Oct.
8,
8,
8,
8,
1862,
1861,
Dec.
Oct.
April
June
Aug.
July
Oct.
July
Sept.
Nov.
Dec.
8,
3,
8,
4,
1,
9,
4,
9,
26,
27,
18,
24,
26,
1,
15,
1,
o
li,
14,
14,
1862,
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3. 299
Tiventy-Elc/Jdli. Regiment — Continued.
Besldcucc.
Discharged.
Keraarks.
Cambridge,
Jan. 2.3, 1863.
_
Milford, .
Promoted Captain, Dec. 3, 1861.
Boston, .
.
Died at Hilton Head, May 31, 1862.
(1
July 3, 1862.
-
u
.
Promoted Captain, July 26, 1862.
Worcester,
.
a a u 27 "
Chelsea, .
Dec. 16, 1862.
_ _
Boston, .
Nov. 14, "
_ _
a
Sept. 25, "
-
New York City,
.
Promoted Captain, April 5, 1862.
Milford, .
Sept. 28, 1862.
- -
Boston, .
(1
Promoted Captain, Aug. 9, 1862.
a
Natick, .
- -
Promoted Captain, Jan. 16, 1863.
Cambridge,
" Nov. 1, 1862.
Boston, .
_ _
_ _
New Bedford, .
_ _
_ _
Boston, .
u
-
— -
Boston, .
-
-
Cambridge,
.
Promoted 1st Lieut., April 5, 1862.
Boston, .
•
" " Aug. 9, "
Milford, .
• • •
Dec. 3, 1861.
Natick, .
• •
July 4, 1862.
Boston, .
a
- —
Promoted 1st Lieut., June 1, 1862.
Worcester,
Killed at Sharpsburg, Sept. 17, 1862.
Boston, .
.
Discharged.
a
Mar. 26, 1862.
— _
New Bedford, .
Promoted 1st Lieut., July 26, 1862.
Eoxbury,
. . •
a u 4f 27 "
Milford, .
" " Dec. 3' 1861.
Boston, .
Sept. 24, 1862.
u
• . •
" " " 26, "
«
. • .
" " Nov. 1, "
_ ■ _
1, "
Boston, .
.
Killed at Fredericksburg, Dec. 13, 1862.
Chelsea, .
•
Promoted 1st Lieut., Jan. 16, 1863.
Boston, .
,
-
Milford, .
.
Killed at Fredericksburg, Dec. 13, 1862.
_ _
Killed at Fredericksburg, Dec. 13, 1862.
Boston, .
-
-
Northampton, .
-
-
Lynn,
- -
-
300 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
This regiment left " Camp Cameron," Massachusetts, January
11th, 1862, and proceeded, via Boston and Worcester Raih-oad
and steamer Connecticut, to Fort Columbus, New York harbor,
■where it remained until February 14th. On that date tliey
embarked on board steamer Ericsson, for Hilton Head, S. C,
and arrived at that station February 23d. They left Hilton
Head on the transport Ben Deford, April 7th, for Dawfuskie
Island, S. C, and arrived there the same day. On the 8th they
marched from Heig's Point to the upper end of Dawfuskie Island,
opposite Fort Pulaski. Companies A and K were detached
for service at Jones and Bird Islands, Savannah River, and
were relieved on the 18th inst., by Companies D and I, who
remained until May 6th. The right wing of the regiment,
consisting of Companies A, F, D, K and C, left Dawfuskie
Island May 12th, under command of Colonel Monteith, and
proceeded to Tybee Island, Georgia, where it remained until
May 28th, when it rejoined the balance of the regiment at
Hilton Head, under command of Major Cartwright. Colonel
Monteith was placed in arrest May 20, by order of General
Hunter, and never resumed command of the regiment. He
resigned at Newport News, August 12th.
The left wing of the regiment, under command of Lieutenant-
Colonel Moore, left Dawfuskie Island for Hilton Head, May
27th, and on May 30th the whole regiment, under command of
Lieutenant-Colonel Moore, left Hilton Head, in transports, for
James Island, S. C, where it landed June 1st. The regiment
"was engaged in skirmishes with the enemy on the 1st and 2d,
resulting in a loss of 5 men wounded. On June 16th they
were engaged in an attack on Fort Johnson, on the upper part
of James Island, four miles distant from camp, but were
obliged to retreat, with a loss of 14 killed, 52 wounded and 4
taken prisoners. They evacuated James Island, S. C, July
6th, and proceeded in the transport Ben Deford to Hilton Head.
They left Hilton Head July 14th, on the steamer Mississippi,
and landed at Newport News, Virginia, July 18tli. Lieutenant-
Colonel Moore resigned at Newport News, July 25th.
They embarked on board the steamer Merrimac, August 3d,
under command of Major Cartwright, and landed at Acquia
Creek, August 6th ; proceeded by railroad the same day to Frede-
ricksburg, a distance of thirty miles, where they encamped.
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3. 301
On the following day thoy moved camp three miles distant from
the city, and on the 9th crossed the Rappahannock, marched
throngh Fredericksburg and encamped two miles the other
side. On the 12th they broke camp and marched to Culpepper,
via tlie Rappahannock Railroad Station, a distance of fifty-four
miles, (crossing the Rappahannock twice,) and encamped seven
miles beyond Culpepper, on the night of the 15th. On the
16tli they marched to Orange County, near Raccoon Ford,
on the Rapidan River, a distance of eight miles. On the 18tli
the band belonging to the regiment was mustered out of
the United States service. On the night of the 18th the regi-
ment left camp near Raccoon Ford and marched to Barnett's
Ford, on the Rappahannock, re-crossing the river at the ford,
arriving on the afternoon of the 19th, a march of thirty-two
miles. On the 20th they marched to Ellis' Ford, a distance of
six miles. On the 21st they crossed the Rappahannock at
Ellis' Ford, to meet the enemy, who retired after a cavalry skir-
mish which lasted about an hour. On the same night they
re-crossed the river, and on the following day were employed on
picket duty. On the 23d they marched from Ellis' Ford, and
on the night of the 24th they encamped near White Sulphur
Springs, a distance of thirty-eight miles. They broke camp
the same night and marched five miles, and on the 25tli
encamped near Warrenton ; broke camp the same night and.
marched to Warrenton Junction, eighteen miles distant from
the camp of the preceding night. On the 27th they left
Warrenton Junction and encamped near Manassas Junction,
marcliing twenty-four miles. On the 28th they resumed the
march and encamped near Centreville, a distance marched
of twenty miles. On the 29tli they proceeded to Bull Run, six
miles distant, and on arriving were ordered to support a battery,
in which position they remained throughout tlie entire day.
At night they were moved to the left, in front of a wood held
by the enemy, and on the 80th were ordered into the wood
about two, P. M. Immediately after entering they were
exposed to a heavy fire of musketry and artillery, to which they
replied with musketry, until our men had advanced about 500
yards, when they received the order to retreat, which they did
in good order, after having been in the wood and under a severe
fire three-quarters of an hour. They were then ordered in
302 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
support of a battery, where they remained until the close of
the battle, under a heavy fire from the enemy's batteries.
Here Major ^Cartwright was wounded, and Captain Caraher
assumed command. They retreated with the balance of the
army the same night to Centreville, six miles distant. The
loss of the regiment in this battle was 18 killed, 109 wounded
and 8 missing. On the 31st of August they were on picket
duty near Centreville.
September 1st they marched three miles on the road to
Manassas, returned, and in the afternoon marched to Chantilly,
five miles from Centreville, where they engaged the enemy,
drove in their pickets, and, with the remainder of the division,
drove them through a wood and forced them to retreat. Their
casualties in this battle were 15 killed, 79 wounded and 5 miss-
ing. They encamped near the battle-ground for the night, and
on the following day marched through Fairfax to Alexandria,
and through "Washington, encamping at Meridian Hill on the
5th ; distance marched twelve miles. They left on the 7th and
arrived at Leesboro', ten miles distant, the same day. They
left Leesboro' on the 9th, and marched to Brookville, nine
miles. Left Brookville on the 11th ; they encamped near
Frederick, Md., on the 12th, fifteen miles ; on the 13th they
marched through Frederick, and encamped in the mountains,
twelve miles from Frederick ; on the 14th they proceeded to
South Mountain, where they became engaged with the enemy,
supporting a battery through the day, and being on picket,
exposed to a heavy fire of musketry through the night. Their
loss in this battle was 6 wounded. On the 15th they marched
from South Mountain, and encamped near Sharpsburg, six
miles distant ; on the 16th they were on picket duty ; on the
17th they were engaged with the enemy at the battle of
Antietam, were ordered to advance at eleven, A. M., and were
exposed to the fire from the enemy's batteries, until they were
sheltered by a hill on the opposite bank of Antietam Creek. They
crossed the creek and ascended the hill, when they were imme-
diately exposed to a murderous fire of artillery. After advancing
about two hundred yards, they were ordered to lie down, the
enemy still having perfect range of the regiment, and almost
every shot falling in their ranks. They remained in this position
one hour, when they were ordered to advance, which they did,
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3. 303
driving the enemy before them, until ordered back to the creek
by the general commanding. They encamped for the night on
that side of the creek nearest the enemy. Their casualties
were 12 killed and 30 wounded, out of less than two hundred
taken into the action. On the 18th they were engaged all day
on picket duty and in skirmishing with the enemy, without any
loss on their side. On the 19tli they marched three miles from
Antietam and encamped near the Potomac ; on the 22d they
marched to Antietam Iron Works, four miles.
On October 2d they marched across the mountains and
encamped in Pleasant Valley, near Harper's Ferry, distance
six miles ; 25th, left Pleasant Valley and proceeded to Nolan's
Ferry, on the Potomac, arriving on the 16th, distance sixteen
miles ; on the 18th Colonel Byrnes assumed command of the
regiment at Nolan's Ferry ; on the 30th they broke camp at
Nolan's Ferry, forded the Potomac at Point of Rocks, and
marched to Waterford, Va., a distance in all of eleven miles.
On November 2d they marched through Harmony, and
encamped at Philemont, distance ten miles ; on the 3d they
moved camp to Upperville, eight miles distant ; on the 5th
proceeded to Rectorville, six miles ; on the 6th, to Orleans,
distance thirteen miles ; on the 7th to Waterloo, distance six
miles, thence to White Sulphur Springs and Rappahannock
Railroad Station. On the 18th of November, they were
encamped about seven miles from Fredericksburg.
Since the formation of this regiment they have lost — killed
in battle, 59 ; wounded, 285 ; missing, 29 ; prisoners of war, 18 ;
deserters, 89 ; died of sickness and wounds, 46 ; total, 526.
The following is an abstract of the roster : —
1 Colonel discliarged.
1 Lieutenant-Colonel discharged.
1 Major promoted Lieutenant-Colonel.
1 Captain promoted Major.
7 First Lieutenants promoted Captains.
1 First Lieutenant transferred to the 14th Regiment Mass. Vol.
1 First Lieutenant died at Hilton Head Hospital, May 31, 1862.
12 Second Lieutenants promoted First Lieutenants.
1 Second Lieutenant killed at Sharpsburg, September 17, 1862.
304 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
3 Second Lieutenants killed at Fredericksburg, December 13, 1802.
1 Captain taken tVoin civil life.
19 Second Lieutenants have been taken from enlisted men.
43 Commissions have been made for this regiment during the year 1862.
Portsmouth, N. II., Dec. 21, 1862.
His Excellency J. A. Andrew, Governor of Massachusetls : —
Sir, — I have the honor to acknowledge your circular of the 7th of Novem-
ber, making inquiries in relation to the conduct and character of such troops
of the State of Massachusetts as have happened to be under my command in
the past year.
The only troops in my district or division of the Department of the South,
from your State, were the Twenty-Eighth Eegiment, which were stationed at
Dawfuskie Island, on the Savannah River, Georgia, on my arrival at Port
Royal, in March last. They were afterwards transferred to Tybee and Hilton
Head Islands, and they formed a part of the expedition which, under the
command of General Plunter and myself, proceeded from Port Royal and the
Edisto Harbors, about the 1st of June, to occupy the Stono River and James
Island, for an attack upon Charleston, S. C. This regiment having been then
assigned by my orders to the brigade under General I. I. Stevens, it shared
in his attack upon the Secessionville Battery on the 16th' of June.
The material of which this regiment was composed appeared to me of very
excellent character for the forming of good soldiers; the men, as far as I
could learn, were generally obedient and industrious, and ready in the per-
formance of their duties. But I am compelled, in justice, to ^ay that some
unfortunate disagreements among the principal officers of the regiment had
interfered materially with its drill and discipline. The Colonel of the regi-
ment was unfortunately absent^ — sick, or otherwise prevented from taking
command of his regiment, for the greater part of the time of my command
there.
And I regret to say that the reports made to me in relation to the conduct
of the officer next in rank, and commanding the regiment in the early part
of the action at James Island, on the 16th of June, were not such as to give
me the satisfaction I could wish ; while the Major, and the most of the officers,
with the great body of the regiment, behaved very handsomely throughout
that affair, until they were recalled from the front of the battery by the order
of General Stevens.
Of the officers, I noticed particulai'ly Captain McDonald, as he was re-
tiring wounded in the head, (while we were protecting our flank,) and whose
reply to my question, if his eye was lost, — as I requested my medical director
to examine him, — was, that "if gone, it was lost in a noble cause," and the
report of his gallantry and good conduct on the field, was all that I could
wish.
As to the suggestions for the comfort and well-being of the troops of your
State, Governor, I would mention two or three matters that I consider of the
first importance, and that I would suggest should be urged upon the United
States authorities. Or if the proper representations in that quarter are not
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3. 305
successful, I would not hesitate to recommend that the. Stato authorities, if
■willing and able, sliould see that the troops are supplied with the ibllowing
articles, that I consider indispensable to their health and comfort, and that
are now rarely, if ever, supplied by the United States.
1st. Every soldier should be furnished with a good India-rubber or
other light water-proof blanket. It will be best if they are made to use as
knapsacks, as they can be, and to combine in pairs by buttons and loops, so
at to make shelter-tents.
2d. The troops for six or eight months in the year at least, (as further
North or South,) but better all the year round, should be supplied with good
felt hats, of say three and a half inches brim, medium brown or gray being
preferable to black. I consider both these articles of the gi'eatest importance,
and made every effort possible, but without success, to obtain them for my
troops at the South last summer.
3d. I also would respectfully suggest your urging upon the United States
Commissary Department (or the furnishing of it by the State, if thought most
proper,) that the rations of coffee should be issued fresh roasted and ground,
in small tight packages, as can be done very readily. The want of such sup-
plies constantly reduces our poor men, as I have too often witnessed, to the
necessity of lurning, not hrownirig, their coffee in their thin mess pans, and
then mashing it there loilh the butt of their muskets, to the destruction of these
utensils, and the waste or ruin of this so much needed article of food.
I have the honor to be, sir, very respectfully.
Your most obedient servant,
H. W. Bexham, U. S. Army.
39
306 ^ ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
TWENTY-TTINTH REGIMENT.
[Jan.
Date of Commis-
NAMES.
Kauk.
sions.
Ebenezcr \Y. Peirce,
Colonel, .
Dec. 13, 1861,
Joseph II. Barnes, .
Lieut. Colonel, .
13
u
Charles Clupinan, .
Major,
13
i(
Orhaiulo Brown,
Surgeon, .
14
a
George B. Cogswell,
Assistant-Surgeon,
14
11
Henry E. Hempstead,
Chaplain, .
Mar. 10,
1862,
Albert Wood, .
Assistant-Surgeon,
July 31
a
George B. Cogswell,
Surgeon, .
Aug. 7
((
James C. Bassett, .
Assistant- Surge on ,
20
a
William D. Chamberlain,
Captain, .
April 19
1861,
Thomas W. Clarke,
u
20
u
Joseph II. Barnes, .
u
25
u
Charles Chipman, .
"
May 6
((
Jonas K. Tj-ler,
li
April 19
u
Samuel H. Doten, .
"
May 6
(C
Lebbeus Leach,
a
14
a
Israel N. Wilson, .
li
July 24
u
Chai'les Brady,
a
Jan. 4
1862,
James H. Osgood, Jr.,
"
4
u
Willard D. Tripp, .
"
Dec. 13
1861,
Charles T. Richardson,
a
16
4(
Henry R. Sibley, .
"
17
a
William Pray,
"
May 21
1862,
Alfred 0. Brooks, .
a
Dec. 6
a
Abram Augustus Oliver,
First Lieutenant,
April 19
1861,
James H. Osgood, Jr.,
" "
25
u
Charles Brady,
" "
May* 6
11
Samuel A. Bent, .
" "
April 19
a
Nathan D. Whitman,
u a
Mav 1
((
Joshua Norton, 3d, .
" "
7
u
John B. Collinwood,
" "
6
11
William T. Keen, .
" "
Jan. 4
1862,
Henry A. Kern,
" "
4
(1
William Pray,
" "
4
u
John A. Sayles,
a a
Dec. 13
1861,
Fi'eeman A. Taber,
" "
16
((
Daniel W. Lee,
" "
17
li
Alfred 0. Brooks, .
" "
30
a
Ezra llipley, .
" "
July 24
u
Charles D. Browne,
" "
Mar. 19
1862,
Thomas H. Adams, .
" "
May 21
"
Thomas II. Husband,
« a
31
a
Charles A. Carpenter,
" "
Sept. 13
u
George W. Taylor, .
" "
13
u
Augustus D. Ayling,
li a
Dec. 6
11
Thomas H. Adams, .
Second Lieutenant, .
April 20
1861,
John Edward Smith,
u a
19
"
Thomas A. IMayo, .
" "
May 6
a
George W. Taylor, .
" "
July 31
li
Augustus D. Ayling,
a • u
Jan. 4
1862,
John P. Burbeck, .
(( i(
4
u
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3.
TWENTY-NINTH REGIMENT.
307
Resitlence.
Discharged.
Remarks.
Freetown,
_
Boston, .
- -
-
Sandwich,
-
-
Wrentham,
Aug. 6, 1862.
-
Easton, .
Promoted Surgeon 29th Reg't, Aug. 7, 1862.
Watertown,
-
-
Tewksbury,
-
-
Easton, .
-
-
Charlcstown, .
-
-
Lynn,
Boston, .
-
Promoted Lieut. Colonel, Dec. 13, 1861.
Sandwich,
" Major, Dec. 13, 1861.
Boston, .
July 18, 1861.
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Plymouth,
E. Bridgewater,
— -
— —
Billerica, .
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- -
Sandwich,
Dec. 5, 1862.
- -
Boston, .
Taunton, .
May 20, "
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Pawtucket,
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-
Charlestown, .
Nov. 11, 1862.
- -
Boston, .
Jan. 9, 1863.
-
Lynn,
Boston, .
-
Promoted Captain, Jan. 4, 1862.
Sandwich,
(( u u A "
Boston, .
July 18, 1861.
-
E. Bridgewater,
-
-
Boston, .
_ -
-
Plymouth,
Boston, .
Mar. 18, 1862.
- -
Sandwich,
May 30, "
-
Boston, .
Promoted Captain, May 21, 1862.
Somerset,
Sept. 12, 1862.
-
New Bedford, .
12, "
-
Charlestown, .
- -
Boston, .
Promoted Captain, Dec. 6, 1862.
Cambridge,
_ _
- -
Boston, .
-
-
Taunton, .
Dec. 28, 1862.
_ _ ■
Pawtucket,
— _
- _
Cambridge,
- _
-
Lowell, .
_ _
- -
Boston, .
Promoted 1st Lieut., May 21, 1862.
Lynn^ .
Plymouth,
Mar. 24, 1862,
Killed near Richmond, June 27, 1862.
Cambridge,
•
Promoted 1st Lieut., Sept. 13, 1862.
Lowell, .
• ■
" " Dec. 6, "
Boston, .
May 17, 1862.
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308 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
Twenty-Ninth Regiment — Continued.
[Jan.
Date of Commis-
NAMES.
Rank.
sions."
William B. Plathaway, .
Second Lieutenant, .
Sept. 11, 1861,
Thomas H. Husband,
Dec. 13, "
Charles D. Browne,
Jan. 1, 1862,
William R. Corlew,
Dec. 17, 1861,
Charles A. Carpenter,
Mar. 81, 1862,
William W. Davis, .
25, "
John E. White,
May 7, 1861,
^Villiam T. Keen, .
April 25, "
Henry A. Kern,
May 6, "
Elisha S. liolbrook.
1, "
Joseph 0. Xiel,
May 18, 1862,
William W. Pray, .
22, "
John Milton Deane,
June 1, «
John B. Pizer,
July 30, "
Henry S. Braden, .
31, "
James 11. Atherton,
Sept. 13, "
Peter Winsor,
13, "
George W- Pope, .
Dec. 6, "
George H. Long,
Nov. 23, "
Thomas Conant,
Dec. 6, "
Seven companies comprising this regiment were among the
first three years men that left this State. They were sent to
Fortress Monroe, to fill up the ranks of the Third and Fourth
Militia Regiments under command, respectively of Colonels
Wardrop and Packard. At the expiration of the three
months, the men comprising the militia returned liome, and
the seven companies of the three years men remained and
were known as the First Battalion of Massachusetts Yolunteers.
Subsequently, three new companies were organized and attached
to the battalion, and it was made the Twenty-Ninth Regiment,
of which Brigadier-General Peirce was appointed colonel. It
was stationed at " Camp Butler " at Newport News, until the
10th of May ; occupied an intrenched camp near Norfolk from
May 11th to May 14th ; the Marine Hospital and grounds at Ports-
mouth, Va., from May 14th to May 20th ; camp near Gosport
Navy Yard from May 20th to May 24th ; " Camp Andrew," Ports-
mouth, Va., from May 24th to May 25th ; " Camp of Advance
Post," Portsmouth, Va., from May 25th to June 3d ; " Camp
Schouler," Suffolk, Va., from June 3d to June 6th; camp near
Fair Oaks, from June 9th to June 28tli ; camp at Harrison's
Landing, from July 2d to August 16th ; camp near Newport
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3.
Twenty-Niulh Regiment — Continued.
309
E. Bridgewater
Taunton, .
Boston, .
Somerville,
Pawtucket,
Boston, .
Milton, .
Boston, .
Sandwich,
E. Bridgewater,
Taunton, .
Natick, .
Freetown,
Taunton, .
Boston, .
Sandwich,
Kingston,
N. Bridgewater,
Charlestown,
E. Bridgewater
Dec. 6, 1862.
July 30, 1862.
July 31, 1861.
Promoted Ist Lieut., May 31, 1862.
" " Mar. 10, "
Dismissed the service, Nov. 22, 1862.
Promoted 1st Lieut., Sept. 13, 1862.
Promoted 1st Lieut., Jan. 4, 1862.
u a u ^ a
Died at Fortress Monroe, Aug. 20, 1861.
News, Va., from August 22d to August 25tb ; camp near
Acquia Creek, from August 25th to August 28th ; camp at
Arlington Heights, from August 29th to September 3d ; camp at
Tennallytown, from September 3d to September 6th ; camp at
Bolivar Heights, near Harper's Ferry, from September 22d to
October 29th ; camp near Keyes' Pass, from October 30th to
November 1st ; camp near Upperville, from November 3d to
November 5th ; camp near Rector Town, from November 6th
to November 9th ; camp near Warrenton, Ya., from November
9th to latest dates.
The losses in this regiment, together with the dates, so far
as I have been able to ascertain, are as follows : —
KILLED.
Company A — Corporal T. D. Donovan and private Edward
O'Donnel, at Antietam, September 17th.
Company B — Private James Shepard, accidentally, at New-
port News, February 11th ; private J. J. O'Brien, at Antietam,
September 17th.
Company C — Corporal Elijah H. Tolman, and private George
D. Brown. The latter was killed while on picket near Rich-
mond, about the middle of June.
310 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
Company D — Private Charles E. Jones, accidentally, by the
bursting of a cannon at Newport News, February 11th,
Company E — Second Lieutenant Thomas A. Mayo, at battle
of Gaines' Mills, June 27th ; private Lawrence R. Blake, at
battle of Antietam, September 17th.
Company F — Private Edward Ratagan, at Antietam,
September 17th.
Company G — Private Henry Austin, at battle of White Oak
Swamp, June 30th.
Company H — Sergeant Ansel B. Kellam and private George
W. Smith, at battle of White Oak Swamp, June 30th ; private
Robert P. Greenough, at battle of Antietam, September 17th.
Company I — Private Joseph A. Short, at battle of White Oak
Swamp, June 30th ; private Andrew H. Tarr, Malvern Hill,
July 1st.
WOUNDED.
Company A — Sergeant L. A. Howard and private Charles
Ross, at White Oak Swamp, June 30th ; privates Edward
Kelley, Martin C. Mullen, and Isaac H. Perry, at Antietam,
September 17th.
Company C — Sergeant Thomas Conant, Corporals Daniel
W. Tribou and George W. Allen, privates Thomas Arnold,
Irving Bates, Minot Q. Curtis, Henry A. Osborn and William
H. Osborn. •
Company F — Darius Bonney, musician ; privates Joseph L.
Westgate and Elisha Westgate, September 17th ; Sergeant Bela
H. King, September 16th.
Company G — Private Cornelius L. White, near Savage's
Station, June 29th ; private Joseph Duxbury, at Antietam,
September 17th.
Company H — James A. Forbes, musician ; private William
Story, at Antietam, September 17th.
Company I — Private Melvin F. Clough, at Portsmouth, June
2d ; Sergeant W. A. Keyser, Corporal A. A. Blaney, private
John n. Shaw, at White Oak Swamp, June 30th ; privates
John C. Dow, Thomas L. Glass, Charles E. Harris, Benjamin
E. Thompson, at Antietam, September 17th.
Company K — Private Joseph Durgan, accidentally, at
Newport News, February 5th ; Captain William Pray, Second
Lieutenant William W. Davis, Sergeant Henry A. Hunting, at
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3. 311
White Oak Swamp, June SOtli ; privates Augustus J. Lcavitt
and John A. Fiske, at Savage's Station, June 29tli ; privates
Thomas F. Dolan and Elisha C. Hanks, at Antietam, Sept. 17th.
DIED OF DISEASE.
Company A — Private William A. Hobart, Sept. 9th, 1862.
Company B — James Cable, musician, July 31st, 1862.
Company C— Privates M. M. Chandler, C. H. Hayden, W.
R. Ripley, Daniel W. Plarding, and David H. Lincoln.
Company D — Privates William H. Wood, January 16th,
1862; J. G. B. Haynes, July 8th, 1862; Patrick Long,
August 15th, 1862 ; Thomas Chapman, September 22d, 1862 ;
James H. Heald, October 11th, 1862.
Company E — Privates Frank A. Thomas, September 14th,
1862 ; Justus W. Harlow, September loth, 1862.
Company P — Privates Culbert Reynolds, July 18th, 1862 ;
Hugh D. Conaty, July 28th, 1862 ; Benjamin P. Godfrey,
September 7th, 1862 ; Joseph Hamer, September 9th, 1862 ;
Granville T. Record, September 12th, 1862 ; Francis H.
Simmons, October 12th, 1862; James Simmons, October 22d,
1862 ; Solomon H. Smith, October 24th, 1862.
Company H — Private David Barnes, July 28th, 1862 ; Ser-
geant Edward M. Hastings, August 12th, 1862; privates Wil-
liam H. Gould, Jr., August 13th, 1862 ; Henry A. Stephens,
September 6th, 1862 ; Charles Young, at a date unknown.
Company I — Private Joseph M. Badger, June 3d, 1862.
DESERTED.
Company A — Private Henry W. Dale, September 17th, 1862.
Company B — Privates J. Billam, J. Reed, D. Hanley, Sep-
tember 18th, 1862; G. H. Hale, July 1st, 1862; and P.
Sullivan, October 14th, 1862.
Company C — Private William B. Smith.
Company D — Serg't William Stuart ; private John Campbell.
Company F — Private James W. Smith, June 24th, 1862.
Company G — Private Alvin Dodge, March 13th, 1862 ;
private Patrick McGoughlin, June, 1862 ; privates George E.
Darling, Roland T. J. White, and Daniel B. Blaisdell, and
Sergeants James C. Allen and Edward W. Greene, July 2d,
1862.
Company H — Private Thomas W. Wrightington.
312 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
Company K — Sergeant John B. Keene, and privates Joseph
K. Stafford and William G. Chambers.
The following is an abstract of the roster : —
1 Assistant-Surgeoa promoted »Surgeon.
2 First Lieutenants promoted Captains.
1 First Lieutenant discharged tlie service.
6 Second Lieutenants promoted First Lieutenants.
1 Second Lieutenant killed.
10 Second Lieutenants taken from enlisted men.
30 Commissions have been made for this regiment during the year 1862.
Head-Quarters Irish Brigade, Hancock's Division,"
Second Corps, Army of the Potomac,
Camp, near Falmouth, Va., Nov. 19, 1862.
To John A. Andrew, Governor of Massacliusetls : —
Sir, — In accordance with the desire of the Governor of Massachusetts, and
circular received. I have the honor to state that the Twenty-Ninth Massachu-
setts Volunteers joined my command, at Fair Oaks, on the 9th of June, 1862 ;
since which time they have been under my command, and are still a regiment
of the Irish Brigade. I have the honor to embody an answer to my Adjutant-
General as facts and dates, all of which I most cordially endorse and approve.
Head-Quartees Twenty-Ninth Massachusetts Vol., )
In Camp, near Falmouth, Va., Nov. 19, 1862. |
Major, — In connection with the history of this regiment, as connected with
the Irish Brigade, I have the honor to report that this regiment became a part
of the brigade June 9th, 1862, by virtue of the following order : —
Head-Quarters Eichardson's Division, )
Camp at Fair Oaks, Va., June 9, 1862. )
[Special Order, No. .]
The Twenty-Ninth Eegiment Massachusetts Volunteers is hereby assigned to the
brigade of General Meagher.
By command of
Brigadier-General Richardson.
John M. Nowell, ^4. A. G.
Since that time the Twenty-Ninth Eegiment has participated in all the
trials, privations, and glories of the Irish Brigade. The battles in which we
have been engaged since that date are as follows, viz. : Gaines' Mills, Savage's
Station, White" Oak Swamp, Nelson's Farm, Malvern Hill, and last, not
least, Antietam.
Among the marches worthy of record are the movement down the Penin-
sula, the rapid march to and from Centreville, the memorable Maryland
campaign, and the present march from Harper's Ferry.
During this period, five (5) months, the regiment has added to its repu-
tation by the mere fact of its being connected with the Irish Brigade, and it
has been our endeavor that the brigade should not by our acts lose any of
their already ac(|uircd reputation, and in this connection I trust I may be
excused for alluding to remarks made to the regiment, by the general com-
mandinjT the brigade, upon its arrival at Harrison's Landing after the terrible
seven daj's' preceding. The general said to the Avhole regiment, " The Twenty-
Ninth Massachusetts has been tried, and I am proud to be able to say, has
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3. 313
proved itself an honor to tlie Irish Rrifrade, and to tlio oonntry." This is
nearly his precise langua<j;e, and it was the proudest moment the regiment
had seen. Since that time the general has not, to my knowledge, revoked
his decision. I am, Major, very respectfully.
Your obedient servant,
JosKPii II. Barnes, Lieut. Col. commandinfj 29lh Mass. Vol.
To Major O'Nkill.
In relation to the physique and morale of the men composing the Twenty-
Ninth Massachusetts Volunteers, I have the honor, and to me a pleasure, to state
they are obedient, vigilant, and reliable, ever ready for every dut}^ While in
the field, under my own eye, they have been unsurpassed as soldiers, brave and
heroic. Their loss is no indication of their valor, for uncontrolled circum-
stances and location will favor, or be more fatal, as these circumstances may
happen. Of the field officers of the regiment I have to state nothing but the
most cordial feelings have ever existed between them and me. They severally
have my entire confidence and good wishes. They have ever been found at
their post, and in readiness for the most arduous duties. Colonel Ebenezer
Peirce, who lost an arm in the battle of White Oak Swamp, has my sympathy,
and in so soon rejoining his regiment for duty, proved his readiness to be where
a soldier should be, at the head of his regiment. Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph
H. Barnes is a soldier of the true type, in whom I have perfect and implicit
reliance. Brave and honorable, he is a credit to his State. Major Charles
Chipman, likewise, is a soldier of first-rate order, and has borne himself as a
true man and a patriot on the field, and as a pattern to the men of the regi-
ment in all times of trial, never flinching from any of the duties or responsi.
bilities of the severest campaigns of modern times. Of the line and staff
officers I can only state they all perform their duty becoming true men and
brave. Massachusetts need never be ashamed of such citizens or children^
Their identity with the Irish regiments of my command has been most pleasing,
cordial, and the fraternity of feeling is admirable in the extreme. Massachu-
setts shakes hands with her adopted citizens in their devotion to a common
country, and a common flag. They will stand by them together until victory
crowns their endeavors, and harmony is restored to the Union.
As an incident of the cordial feeling existing in this brigade towards their
brother soldiers of the Massachusetts Twenty-Ninth Volunteers, I have to state
that at a meeting of the officers of the old New York regiments, held some time
since, they voted to their brother soldiers of the Twenty-Ninth Massachusetts
Volunteers a green banner, emblematical of the particular brigade in which
they so honorably serve, and of the cordiality of feeling which exists between
them. This banner is now on its vs^ay, and will shortly be presented to the
Twenty-Ninth by General Edwin V. Sumner, a commander proud of the
" Irish Brigade," and a son of old Massachusetts.
The only way that I know his Excellency can aid this fine regiment, is by
filling it up to the maximum standard by her native and adopted sons.
I have the honor to be, most obediently and respectfully yours,
Thomas O'Neill, Major, and A. A. G.
For Brig.-General Thomas Francis Meagher, Commanding Irish Brigade.
40
314 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
THIRTIETH REGIMENT.
[Jan.
NAMES.
Bank.
Date of Commis-
sions.
Nathan A. M. Dudley, .
Colonel, .
Feb. 8,
1862,
William Warren Bullock,
Lieut. Colonel, .
Mar. 6,
a
Horace 0. Whittemore, .
Major,
Feb. 20,
u
James E. Estabrook,
First Lieut., (Qrm'r,)
20,
u
Samuel K. Towle, .
Surgeon, .
28,
((
Alfred F. Holt,
Assistant- Surgeon ,
20,
((
John P. Cleveland, .
Chaplain, .
20,
li
James Waldock,
Assistant-Surgeon, .
July 29,
u
Samuel A. Davis, .
" "
Aug. 11,
((
Francis C. Greene, .
" "
Dec. 15,
((
Robert B. Brown, .
Captain, .
Feb. 20,
1862,
Jeremiah P. Cook, .
u
20,
(i
Edwin R. Clark, .
u
April 21,
a
Henry C. Welles, .
a
Feb. 20,
a
Samuel D. Shipley,
((
20,
u
Marsh A. Ferris,
u
20,
((
Daniel S. Yeaton, .
a
20,
i(
Eugene Kelty,
((
20,
ii
Timothy A. Crowley,
u
20,
.u
George Creasey,
u
May 26,
i(
Francis H. Whittier,
a
Aug. 6,
a
William G. Howe, .
u
Oct. 6,
((
Edward A. Fiske, .
a
21,
"
Alfred F. Tremain, .
i(
Nov. 29,
li
Richard F. Briggs, .
First Lieutenant,
Feb. 20,
1862,
Joseph B. Prince, Jr.,
" "
20,
(1
'NMlliam G. Howe, .
a u
20,
11
Francis H. Whittier,
(( a
20,
((
George F. Whitcomb,
" "
20,
((
George Barker,
a u
20,
((
Brent Johnson, Jr.,
" "
20,
u
Charles A. R. Dimon,
U ((
20,
li
Joseph F. Tenney, .
" "
Mar. 23,
ii
Thomas B. Johnston,
" "
April 29,
n
William H. Seamans,
i( ((
Feb. 20,
u
Edward A. Fiske, .
" "
Aug. 21,
u
Gurdon S. Brown, .
a a
Feb. 20,
u
William H. Gardner,
" "
Oct. 21,
((
Frederick H. Norci'oss,
" "
Aug. 19,
a
William F. Clark, .
(1 a
19,
a
Nathan K. Reed, .
" "
Oct. 6,
u
H. A. Fuller, .
" "
21,
(1
Joseph F. Tenney, .
Second Lieutenant, .
Feb. 20,
1862,
Chauncy C. Dean, .
(1 u
20,
a
William F. Clark, .
u u
20,
ti
Gurdon S. Brown, .
u a
20,
u
Charles F. Appleton,
li a
20,
a
Alfred F. Tremain,
(1 ((
20,
u
Edward A. Fiske, .
u u
20,
u
Richard A. Elliott, .
" "
20,
((
Adams Emerson,
a iL
April 29,
((
1863.J
Roxbury,
Cambridge,
Boston, .
Worcester,
Haverhill,
Cambridge,
Lowell, .
Roxbury, .
Charlestown,
Northampton,
Boston, .
Gloucester,
Lowell, .
Cambridge,
Lowell, .
Boston, .
Lawrence,
Boston, .
Lowell, .
Newburyport,
Charlestown,
Cambridge,
a
Gloucester,
Boston, .
Chelsea, .
Cambridge,
Charlestown,
Boston, .
Newburyport,
Lowell, .
Salem,
Boston, .
Lowell, .
Roxbury,
Cambridge,
Boston, .
Lowell, .
Boston,
Lowell, .
Dover,
Boston, .
West Newbury
Gloucester,
Lowell, .
u
Chelmsford,
HOUSE— No. 3.
THIRTIETH REGIMENT.
315
Discharged.
May 2, 1862.
Oct. 20, 1862.
Aug. 1, 1862.
June 11, 1862.
Never reported for duty.
Promoted Surgeon 1st Texas Cavalry.
Declined to receive commission.
Died, Nov. 28, 1862.
Killed in battle, Aug. 5, 1862.
Died, Oct. 5, 1862.
Dropped from the rolls.
Promoted Captain, Oct. 6, 1862.
" Aug. 6, "
Transf 'd to 2d Louisiana Reg't, Oct. 20, '62.
Promoted Captain, Oct. 21, 1862.
Promoted 1st Lieut., March 23, 1862.
Promoted 1st Lieut., Aug. 19, 1862.
Feb. 20, "
Promoted Captain, Nov. 29, 1862.
" 1st Lieut., Aug. 21, 1862.
Transf 'd to 2d Louisiana Reg't, Oct. 20, '62.
316 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
Thirtieth Regiment — Continued.
[Jan.
NAMES.
Rank.
Date of Commis-
sions.
Selden II. Loring, ....
Second Lieutenant, .
June 9,
1862,
A. F. Fay, .
Aug. 21,
Frederic H. Norcross,
Feb. 20,
Joseph Davis,
John P. Haley,
Aug. 21,
Sept. 12,
N. K. Reed, .
Oct. 21,
H. A. Fuller, .
Feb. 20,
E. W. Ferris, .
Aug. 19,
H. W. Howe, .
19,
Charles W. Burgess,
Oct. 6,
F. C. Poree, .
Nov. 29,
The Thirtieth Regiment is among those farthest from us.
Its services, togetlier with the other Massachusetts regiments,
batteries and cavalry, in the Department of the Gulf, have been
of great value. They have taken and held New Orleans, and a
large and valuable part of Louisiana. Colonel Dudley is an
officer of the United States Army, a native of Massachusetts,
and an accomplished officer. Lieutenant-Colonel Bullock has
long been connected with the militia of this State, and at the
time of his appointment, was Brigadier-General of the First
Division M. V. M. Major Whittemore has also been a promi-
nent officer in the Massachusetts Militia. He was the Adjutant
of the Fourth Regiment M. V. M. when it was sent to Fortress
Monroe, Ya., April 17th, 1861, and faithfully served during
the three months' time. It is one of the singular facts that the
troops of our Commonwealth should have taken so prominent a
part in the capture of New Orleans, fought in the battle of Baton
Rouge, and bivouacked in the State House of Louisiana. The
following is a report of the doings of this regiment since it left
Massachusetts, up to November 10th.
This regiment was organized on the 31st of December, 1861,
under the name of Eastern Bay State Regiment.
Left " Camp Chase," Lowell, January 2d, 1862, with nine com-
panies, comprising 926 rank and file, and 25 officers, under the
command of Acting Lieutenant-Colonel Jonas H. French, and
embarked on board the steamer Constitution, at Boston. Sailed
on the 13th of January, and arrived at Fortress Monroe on the
1863.]
HOUSE— No. 3.
Thirtieth Regiment — Continued.
817
Kcsidenco.
Discharged.
Bemarks.
Marlborough, .
-
-
Lowell, .
Promoted 1st Lieut., Aug. 19, 18G2.
Chelsea, .
_
_
Lowell, .
Promoted 1st Lieut., Oct 6, 1862.
Dover,
u u u 21, "
Lowell, .
-
-
Lowell, .
_ _
_ _
Boston, .
~ —
— —
16tli. Disembarked on the 20th, and pitclied our tents and
formed " Camp Stanton," where the time was occupied in drill till
February 2d, when we re-embarked on board the steamer Con-
stitution. Sailed for Ship Island on the 4th ; put back and
sailed again on the 6th. Arrived at Ship Island February 12th ;
disembarked same day, and pitched our tents in the sand. The
camp was called " Camp Thompson," in honor of Colonel Newell
A. Thompson. March 9th, Company K, Captain Cook, joined
the regiment, with 94 rank and file and two officers.
On the 22d of March, N. A. M. Dudley assumed command
as Colonel, H. 0. Whittemore as Major. The name of the
regiment was changed to the Thirtieth Massachusetts Volun-
teers, by order of your Excellency. On the 24tli of March,
Company E, Captain Brown, was detached from the regiment
to act as pioneers, by order of General Butler. April 5th,
Lieutenant-Colonel "W. W. Bullock joined the regiment.
On the 15th of April, the regiment embarked on board the
ship North America, and on the 16th the expedition left Ship
Island, arriving at the head of the South-west Pass on the 18th,
where we came to an anchor. On the 28th, proceeded up river,
and arrived off Forts St. Phillip and Jackson, where a detach-
ment was sent under the command of Major Whittemore. On
the 29th, proceeded up river, and arrived at New Orleans May
1st, 1862. Disembarked May 2d, and quartered in building
called Odd Fellows' Hall.
During this quarter, we have lost by disease, 6; desertion,
45 ; on account of disability, 14. Total, 65.
318 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
May 30th, the regiment embarked on board steamer Missis-
sippi, and proceeded np the river to Baton Rouge, arriving
there on the evening of the 1st of June. Disembarked on the
morning of the 2d, and quartered in the State Capitol ; raised
the stars and stripes, which waved in triumph amid the cheers
and spirit-stirring sound of the " Star Spangled Banner."
During our stay there, made an expedition into the interior
some sixteen miles, to destroy property contraband of war,
which proved successful, after a forced march of thirty-six
miles, capturing two notorious guerrillas.
June 16th, embarked on board the steamer Iberville, and
proceeded up the river, stopping at various plantations for fresh
provisions, coal, and sending out scouting parties in search oi
guerrillas.
On the 19th, Lieutenant-Colonel W. W. Bullock was detached
from the regiment to act as Commandant at Fort Macomb.
On the 20th, the balance of the expedition joined us, con-
sisting of seven steam-boats, with the balance of General
Williams' Brigade, together with Commodore Farragut's fleet.
On the 21st, landed at Union Point, about twenty miles below
Natchez, as our gunboats had been fired into at this place.
After an exciting chase of some fifteen miles, returned to the
boat with four prisoners, effectually scattering the guerrilla
band. On the 24tli, arrived at St. Joseph, and on the follow-
ing morning, at daylight, proceeded up the Bayou St. Pierre,
which runs nearly to the rear of Grand Gulf City. After
passing through many obstacles, we landed about six miles
from its mouth, together with three regiments and the batteries ;
took up our line of march for Grand Gulf City, a place noto-
rious for guerrilla bands aixd firing on our transports. After a
most fatiguing march of six hours, under a scorching sun, in
which many of the men gave out, we arrived at the encamp-
ment of the guerrillas, only to find they had deserted but one
hour before. Started for Grand Gulf City, and found the
place deserted. Our transports having arrived, we re-embarked
at six, P. M. The city was then destroyed by fire, as a warning
ito all places on the river haboring guerrillas. On the 25th,
^arrived in sight of Vicksburg. Company E, Captain Brown,
was immediately detailed to act as sappers and miners in cutting
a line through the woods and swamp, preparatory to digging the
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3. 319
canal or " cut-off" as it was termed. The brigade bivouacked
on shore, and details from the regiment were made and the
work commenced. Making but slow progress, detachments
were sent down the river at various times to collect negroes to
work on the canal, — 2,000 were collected. After digging
twenty-five days the work was abandoned, as the river fell faster
tlian the men could dig. The canal was dug one and one-
quarter miles in length, twelve feet deep, and twelve feet wide.
Here the health of the regiment began to fail. During this
time the usual daily company and battalion drills were kept
up, while the shot and shells from the enemy were falling
within 100 yards of our bivouac.
On the 4th of July, Major Whittemore, with five companies,
was ordered across the river, on the Vicksburg side, to recon-
noitre ; returned in six days, with the loss of one man missing
and the destruction of one rebel officer.
During this quarter we have lost by disease, 21 ; desertion,
6; on account of disability, 56. Total, 88.
July 4th, the day was celebrated with a shotted salute from
the fleet towards Yicksburg, and the regiment at work digging
the canal.
July 23d, the regiment, together with the whole brigade,
embarked on board our transports. On the 24th, steamed
away from the swamps of Vicksburg, with a parting salute
from the enemy ; 26tli, arrived at Baton Rouge, and quartered
in the State House.
On the afternoon of August 4th, the regimental line was
formed, consisting of 350 men, and marched to the outskirts of
the city, where we bivouacked. At daylight on the 5th the
" long roll " was beaten, and the line quickly formed. "We had
proceeded but a short distance when we received the enemy's
fire on our left. A dense fog was prevailing at the time, so
that we were unable to see the enemy, and could only judge of
their position from the flash of their muskets. The order was
given to lie down, and load and fire at will, — when we received
the enemy's fire in full force, which passed over our heads,
doing but little execution to our lines. At this time, a well
directed fire from Nims's battery and our regiment silenced the
enemy's fire, and we presume created a panic in their ranks.
After manoeuvering about for one hour, and not seeing the
320 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
enemy, wc returned to our bivouac, with tlie loss of three
killed and eighteen wounded.
In the fore part of the engagement we were under the com-
mand of Colonel Dudley, who afterwards tooi^ command of the
right wing of the brigade, leaving the regiment under the com-
mand of Major H. 0. Whittemore.
We remained at our bivouac until August 10th, (expecting
an attack every hour,) when we returned to our quarters at the
State House, where we remained one day, and then bivouacked
on the grounds of the U. S. Arsenal, where the brigade formed
an entrenched camp, under the cover of the gunboats, where we
remained until 21st, expecting an attack from the enemy every
moment. The exposure to the hot sun through the day and the
damp air at night, together with the labor in the trenches,
produced a disease which nearly prostrated the regiment.
We embarked on board the transports, and arrived at Car-
rolton on the 22d of August ; disembarked and encamped near
the parapet, and close to the river.
On the 24th, changed our camp to the Materie Ridge, distance
two miles, which was called " Camp Williams," where we remain-
ed under the command of Major H. 0. Whittemore. Here the
Fifth Brigade was formed of four regiments, three batteries and
one cavalry company. Colonel Dudley acting as Brigadier-
General.
Instructions in brigade and regimental drill were resumed,
and continued until September loth.
There being no improvement in the health of the regiment,
the camp was changed to Carrol ton, distance five miles, where
we remained until November 3d, when Lieutenant-Colonel Bul-
lock resumed command, and the regiment was moved to the
U. S. barracks, located about fonr miles below New Orleans and
close to the river, where the regiment is at this time quartered.
During this quarter we have lost by disease. 111 ; desertion,
3; disability, 6; missing in action, 1; died of wounds, 4.
Total, 125. Died of disease, from September 31st to November
10th, 53. Total of first and second quarter, 148. Whole
number, 326. *
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3. 321
The following is an abstract of the roster of the regiment : —
1 AssistaMt-Siirgeon promoted Surgeon First Texas Cavalry.
2 Captains died.
1 Captain killed in battle.
5 First Lieutenants promoted Captains.
1 First Lieutenant transfered to Second Louisiana Regiment.
1 First Lieutenant dropped from rolls.
1 Second Lieutenant promoted Captain.
4 Second Lieutenants promoted First Lieutenants.
14 Second Lieutenants have been taken from enlisted men.
1 First Lieutenant and 1 Second Lieutenant taken from civilians.
62 Commissions have been made for this regiment during the year 1862.
Since writing the above, I have received a letter from
Lieutenant-Colonel Bullock, commanding the regiment, dated
New Orleans, December 30th. He says that if the men could
be recalled from the several posts where they are now stationed
on detached service, the regiment could muster from 460 to
600 men ready for light duty. . The companies are separated,
and are stationed at different posts in Louisiana. There are
100 men on provost guard duty forty miles down the river, and
about 100 doing guard duty at the Hospital, Mint, Commissary
Stores, &c., at New Orleans.
Major Whittemore was Provost Judge of the regiment at
the time the letter was written,
41
322 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
THIRTY-FIRST REGIMENT.
[Jan.
Date of Commis-
sions.
Oliver P. Gooding, .
William S. B. Hopkins,
Robert Bache, .
Eben Kimball Sanborn,
Edwin C. Bidwell, .
Jansen T. Paine,
Edwin C. Bidwell, .
Henry W. Browne, .
Floyor G. Kittredge,
Edward P. Hollister,
Elisha A. Edwards, .
John W. Lee, .
William S. B. Hopkins,
Edward P. Nettleton,
George S. Darling, .
Edward Page, Jr., .
William W. Rockwell,
Samuel D. Hovey, .
Elliot Bridgeman, .
Elbert H. Fordham,
W. Irving Allen,
'Elbert H. Fordham,
James W. Gushing, .
Benjamin F. Morey,
L. F. Rice,
F. F. Morse, .
W. Irving Allen,
O. L. Hopkins,
L. C. Howell, .
J. L. Hallett, .
E. P. Andrews,
L. M. Hayden,
F. A. Rust,
N. F. Bond, .
F. A. Cook, .
David Perry, .
Alexander H. D. Lewis,
Martin M. Pulver, .
James M. Stewart, .
M. Sagendorph,
Albert M. Lee,
William H. Pelton, .
William H. Jones, .
Colonel, .
Lieut. Colonel, .
Major,
Surgeon, .
Assistant-Surgeon,
u a
Surgeon, .
Assistant-Surgeon,
u u
Captain,
First Lieutenant,
Second Lieutenant,
Feb.
Dec.
May
April
July
Dec.
Feb.
Sept.
Dec.
Feb.
Aug.
Feb.
Aug.
Sept.
Dec.
Jan.
Dec.
8, 1862,
24, "
20, «
20, «
20, »
5, "
29, "
25, "
29, "
20, "
20, "
20, "
20, "
20, "
20, " >
20, «
20, "
20, '«
20, "
6, "
24 "
20,' "
20, "
19, "
20, "
20, «
20, "
20, "
20, "
20, "
20, "
20, »
20, "
20, «
20, "
20, "
18, "
, 1863,
' 1862,
This regiment was raised under orders from Major-General
Butler, in the western part of the State, and was originally
designated the Western Bay State Regiment. Its camp of
rendezvous was in Pittsfield. It was afterwards quartered at
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3.
THIRTY-FIRST REGIMENT.
323
Discharged.
Indiana, .
Ware,
Pittsficld, .
Rutland, Vt.,
Middlefield,
Chavlestown,
Middlefield,
Medway, .
Harvard, .
Pittsfield,
Soutliampton,
Buckland,
Ware,
Chioopee,
Belchertown,
Boston, .
Pittsfield, .
Cambridge,
BelchertoAvn,
Pittsfield, .
Pittsfield,
Roxbury,
Lee,
Blandfisrd,
Springfield,
Rochester, N. Y.
Stamfiard, Vt., .
Gt. Barrington,
Roxbury, .
1st Lieut., 10th U. S. Infantry.
Died at Ship Island, April 3, 1862.
Promoted Surgeon, " 29, "
" " Louisiana Vol.
Sept. .5, 1862.
Lieut. Colonel, Dec. 24, 1862.
Promoted Captain, Sept. 6, 1862.
Promoted Captain, Dec. 24, 1862.
" Camp Chase," Lowell. Colonel Gooding, who commands the
regiment, is a graduate of West Point, and is a captain of
infantry in the regular service. He is an able and valuable
officer.
324 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
Since the regiment left the Commonwealth no report from
it has been received at these head-quarters, and were it not for
the kindness of Mr. Shaw, General Butler's private secretary,
who is now in Boston, I could give little information in regard
to it. The withliolding of monthly reports is a fault which I
trust will be corrected by Colonel Gooding in the future. A
monthly report, at least, should be made to the Adjutant-
General of the State by every regimental commander or adju-
tant ; and those officers who neglect this duty, do great
injustice to the families and friends of the men who are serving
their country in distant fields, and to the men themselves.
Tlie regiment was ordered to march on the 19th of February,
1862, and on the 20th went on board the transport " Mississippi,"
at Boston, and sailed the next day for Fortress Monroe. On
the 26th the regiment sailed from that place, having taken on
board Major-General Butler and staff, for Ship Island, Miss.
On the 27th the ship encountered a heavy gale off Cape Hat-
teras. On the 28th it ran on Frying Pan shoals, and knocked a
hole in the bottom of the ship. In this hour of peril they
discovered a steamer, making to the ship from the shore, but
were ignorant whether it was a friend or foe. It proved to .be
the United States sloop-of-war " Mount Vernon," by whom they
were rescued. They next made the mouth of Cape Fear River,
and the Mississippi lay there two days for repairs. This was
in sight of the rebel Fort Caswell. After remaining in this
position two days, the ship was again got under way, and on
the 1st of March made Hilton Head, S. C, where they
remained twelve days to repair the ship, the regiment encamp-
ing in the meanwhile on Seabrook's plantation. On the 12th
of March the ship, with its precious freight on board, left Hil-
ton B[ead, and after grounding twice in the harbor, at length
got fairly to sea. On the 20th it arrived at Ship Island, but the
regiment did not land until the 23d, where it remained until
tlie 18th of April. In the meantime the captain of the ship
had been arrested by order of Major-General Butler, upon
suspicion of having purposely grounded the vessel, and having
phiyed unfairly to the Union cause.
On the 18tli of April the regiment left Ship Island for New
Orleans ; on their way up they encountered numerous rebel fire
rafts in the Mississippi. They witnessed the bombardment of
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3. 325
Ports Jackson and St. Philip, and the splendid naval achieve-
ments of the fleet under Admiral Farragut. The regiment
was ordered back to the Gulf, to land in the rear of Fort St.
Philip, and take it by storm, but the surrender of the fort to
the fleet, soon after the regiment reached the shore, rendered
this service unnecessary. The regiment then returned to their
transports, and with Major-General Butler and staff on board,
ascended the Mississippi, and arrived at New Orleans on the
1st of May, in time to witness the surrender of that city to the
Union forces.
The Thirty-First was the first Union regiment to land and
take possession of the city ; and it had the honor to clear the
levee, and escort the Major-General and his staff to their head-
quarters, through the crowds of traitors who filled it, and lined
the streets of the city. This duty was at once of vast impor-
tance and surrounded with great peril. The landing was
effected without difficulty, though threats and insults met these
brave and devoted Massachusetts hoys as soon as they put their
feet upon the soil of Louisiana. But they moved on. The
duty of clearing the levee, and making a clear passage for the
Major-General and his military family, and the formation of the
regimental line, was assigned to Company D, commanded by
Captain, now Major Hopkins, of Northampton, son of the Hon.
Erastus Hopkins, widely known and honored as one of our
most distinguished fellow-citizens in the western part of the
Commonwealth.
Upon its entrance to New Orleans, the Thirty-First was
quartered first at the Custom House, afterwards at Annuncia-
tion Square. Detachments were constantly detailed on provost
duty. The Thirty-First was an eminently working regiment
all the time it remained in New Orleans.
Sometime in August the regiment was divided ; the larger
portion was sent to garrison Forts Jackson and St. Philip,
under command of Colonel Gooding ; another portion was
ordered to garrison Fort Pike, under command of Lieutenant-
Colonel Whelden, of Pittsfield ; and the remainder was held
for picket duty at New Orleans.
The latest intelligence we have from the regiment is, that it
was about to be relieved from its isolated duties, and be again
united, and brigaded with other regiments for service in the
326
ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
[Jan.
field. Among the regiments with which it was to be associated
was the One Hundred and Seventy-Fourth New York — the
destination of the brigade being Baton Rouge.
I am informed by Major Strong, U. S. A., Assistant Adjutant-
General on Major-General Butler's staff, that during its term
of service in garrison and outpost duty, the Thirty-First did
much valuable service in driving back and defeating guerrilla
parties, and taking possession of much valuable confiscated
THIRTY-SECOND REGIMENT.
Date of Commis-
K A m: E s .
Rank.
sions.
Francis J. Parker, ....
Colonel, .
Aug. 6, 1862,
Francis J. Parker, ....
Lieut. Colonel, .
May 25, "
Edward A. Wilde, ....
Major,
July 24, "
Z. Boylston Adams,
Surgeon, .
May 26, "
William Lyman Faxon, .
Assistant-Surgeon,
June 2, "
Windsor H. Biajelow,
li u
July 31, "
Edward A. Witde, ....
Lieut. Colonel, .
Aug. 6, "
George L. Prescott,
" "
13, "
Luther Stephenson, Jr., .
Major,
13, "
George L. Prescott,
Colonel, .
Dec. 28, "
Luther Stephenson, Jr., .
Captain, .
Nov. 14, 1861,
George L. Prescott,
a
15, "
James P. Draper, ....
a
18, "
Cephas C. Bumpus,
((
Dec. 7, "
James A. Cunningham, .
a
Mar. 6, 1862,
Josiah C. Fuller, ....
a
26, "
Charles Bowers, ....
u
June 16, "
Henry W. Moulton,
u
July 25, "
Hannibal D. Norton,
li
28, "
Joseph Gushing Edmands,
((
30, "
Charles A. Dearborn, Jr.,
, It
Aug. 14, "
Cyrus Tay,
((
14, «
Stephen Rich, ....
u
31, »
Edward 0. Shepard,
((
21, «
George H. Dana, . .
n
Dec. 14, «
Charles A. Dearborn, Jr.,
First Lieutenant,
Nov. 14, 1861,
Cyrus Tay,
u u
15, «
Joseph Austin, . . . .
" "
16, "
George W. Pearson,
u u
Dec. 2, "
Charles Kane Cobb,
" "
11, «
Nathaniel French, Jr., .
" "
Mar. 7, 1862,
Lyman B. Whiton, . . . .
" "
May 26, "
Stephen Rich, . . . .
" u
26, "
Jonathan Peirce, . . . .
11 11
26, "
Charles Bowers, . . . .
U it
30, "
Edward 0. Shepard,
" "
June 16, "
Nathaniel Wales, . . . .
(( li
July 15, "
1
1863.]
HOUSE— No. 3.
327
and contraband property which had been owned by Louisiana
rebels.
The following is an abstract of the roster : — •
1 Surgeon died at Ship Island, April 3, 1862.
1 Assistant-Surgeon promoted Surgeon.
1 Captain promoted Lieutenant-Colonel.
2 First Lieutenants promoted Captains.
43 Commissions have been made for this regiment during the year 18G2.
THIRTY-SECOND REGIMENT.
Discharged.
Boston, .
Brookline,
Boston, .
Quincy, .
Bolton, .
Brookline,
Concord, .
Hingham,
Concord, .
Hingham,
Concord, .
Boston, .
Braintree,
Gloucester,
Plymouth,
Concord, .
Newburyport,
Chelsea, .
Newton, .
Salem,
Woburn, .
Gloucester,
Concord, .
Cambridge,
Salem,
Woburn, .
Somerville,
Boston, .
u
Hingham,
a
Gloucester,
Boston, .
Concord, .
a
Dorchester,
Dec. 27, 1862.
Jan. 6, 1863.
Aug. 30, 1862.
Oct. 20, 1862.
Aug. 5, 1862.
July 20, 1862.
Promoted Colonel, Aug. 6, 1862.
" Lieut. Colonel, Aug. 6, 1862.
Promoted Col. 35th Keg't, Aug. 11, 1862.
" Dec. 28, 1862.
Promoted Major, Aug. 13, 1862.
" Lieut. Colonel, Aug. 13, 1862.
Killed at battle Fredericksb'g, Dec. 13, '62.
Promoted Captain, Aug. 14, 1862.
a u (1 24 "
Died at Harrison's Landing, Aug. 9, 1862.
Promoted Captain, Aug. 31, 1862.
Discharged.
Promoted Captain, June 16, 1862.
" " Oct. 21, "
Transferred to 35th Reg't, Aug. 13, 1862.
828 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
Thirty- Second Regiment — Continued.
[Jan.
Date of Commia-
sions.
Charles H. Hurd,
Ambrose Bancroft
Isaiah F. Hoyt,
John H. Whidden,
H. Northey Hooper
George H. Dana,
William H. Gertz,
Edward T. Bouve,
Robert Hamilton,
Norman F. Steele,
Lucius H. Warren,
Isaiah F. Hoyt,
Robert Hamilton,
William H. Gertz,
Amos B. Holden,
H. Northey Hooper
George H. Dana,
Edward T. Bouve,
John H. Whidden,
John F. Boyd,
Lucius H. Warren,
George L. Barnes,
Joseph W. Wheelwright,
George W. Bibby,
Norman F. Steele,
Joseph P. Robinson
Jatnes E. Murch,
George K. Reed,
George W. Laureat
James P. Wade,
James B. Leonard
John Hinsch, .
First Lieutenant,
Second Lieutenant,
July
Au2.
Sept.
Aug.
Oct.
Dec.
Nov.
Mar.
May
June
July
Aus.
Oct.
Sept.
Aug.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
28, 1862,
30, "
21, "
13, "
14, "
14, "
14, "
1, "
6, »
21, "
14, "
15, 1861
16, "
20, 1862
26, »
26, "
26, "
16, "
25, "
30, "
31, "
21, "
13, "
21, "
14, "
99 "
1, "
1, "
6, "
21, "
29, "
14, "
The basis of this regiment was the First Battalion Massachu-
setts Volunteers, composed of six companies of infantry, organ-
ized for garrison duty at Fort Warren in the winter of 1861-2.
It was first recognized as the Thirty-Second Regiment, May
25th, 1862, when, npon the telegraphic requisition of the Secre-
tary of War, it received orders to take the field at the earliest
possible moment. On the 26th of May, in twelve hours after
receiving these orders, the corps was en route for Washington,
arriving there on the 28th. For four weeks it remained
encamped on Capitol Hill, at " Camp Alexander." It was
then ordered to Alexandria, where it encamped near Fairfax
Seminary, forming a part of Sturgis's Reserve Corps.
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3. 329
Thirty- Second Regiment — Continued.
Besldcnce.
Discharged.
Bcmarks.
Charlestown, .
Newton, .
_ _
_ _
Concord, .
- -
- -
Gloucester,
-
-
Roxbury,
- -
-
Cambridge,
Promoted Captain, Dec. 14, 1862.
Boston, .
-
Braintree,
_ _
_ _
Charlestown, .
- _
- -
Beverly, .
Promoted 1st Lieut., July 21, 1862.
Boston, .
• «
" " Aug. 6, "
Cambridge,
u u u 2^^ u
Westminster, .
Nov. 28, 1862.
- -
Roxbury,
Promoted 1st Lieut., Aug. 14, 1862.
Cambridge,
• • •
(( U 44 24 "
Boston, .
•
Promoted 1st Lieut., Sept. 1, 1862.
Gloucester,
" " Aug. 13, "
Newton, .
Sept. 30, 1862.
- -
Charlestown, ,
•
Promoted 1st Lieut., Dec. 14, 1862.
Concord, .
Nov. 10, 1862.
- _
Boston, .
.
Died, January 18, 1863.
Hingham,
- _
_ _
Braintree,
. • .
Promoted 1st Lieut., Oct. 21, 1862.
Boston, .
- -
- -
Concord, .
-
-
Chelsea, .
_ _
_ -
Braintree,
-
-
"
— .
In a few days the regiment was ordered to embark in all
haste at Alexandria, to join the army of the Potomac, then on
the James River.
It marched June 25th, and arrived at Harrison's Landing
July 3d, 1862, about ten o'clock, A. M., where under previous
orders it landed without knapsacks or baggage, and being
assigned to General Griffin's brigade, Morell's division, Porter's
army corps, was stationed throughout the day in line of battle
in the reserve.
The regiment has since shared in the marches and trials of
Porter's corps : the march dowja the Peninsula, (leaving Har-
rison's Landing on the 15th of August,) via AVilliamsburg,
42
330 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
Yorktown and Harftpton, arriving at Newport News, by forced
marches, on the 19th of August. At Newport News it
embarked for the mouth of Acquia Creek, disembarking on
the' 20th, and immediately taking railway transportation to Staf-
ford Court-house, near Fredericksburg. From this time the
regiment followed General Pope's army towards WaslugjCton.
On the 22d it camped at Barnett's Ford, on the North IKppa-
hannock, and on the 27th marched to Warrenton Junction.
The next day it followed the railway line to the Manassas Gap
Junction. On the 29th the regiment marched about seven
miles in the direction of Thoroughfare Gap, and returning on
the 30th, bivouacked that night at Centreville. The second
Bull Run battle was then in progress, but nearly over. The
regiment remained at Centreville until one o'clock on the
morning of the 2d of September, and from there marched to
Langley's in Virginia, about three miles from the Chain Bridge.
On the morning of the 3d it moved to Fall's Church, and
encamped there until the 12th of September, when, with Por-
ter's corps, it marched through Georgetown and Washington,
northward, to a camp near Rockville, Maryland, and then
through Middlebrook and across the Monocacy to Frederick
City, camping near the city on the 14th of September. On the
15th the regiment marched via Middletown and Turner's Gap
to Boonesboro' and Sharpsburg, passing over South Mountain
the day after the battle there.
During the battle of Antietam, the regiment, still in the
reserve, supported Hazlett's and other batteries of Porter's
corps, but from its position was protected from the fire of the
enemy. In the afternoon it was ordered to the support of
Sumner's corps, and moved as far as the ford of the Antietam,
where it was halted for further orders. It followed the retreat-
ing rebels to the bank of the Potomac, and camped about a
mile from the river. Here the regiment remained until the
30th of October, stationed in the advance, and doing picket duty
on the bank of the river. When General Humphreys made
his reconnoissance to Leetown, the regiment formed a part of
his force.
On the afternoon of October 30th, it received marching orders,
and moved during the nighli along the eastern bank of the
Potomac to a point opposite to Harper's Ferry. The march
1863.] • HOUSE— No. 3. 831
was continued the next day. Tlie regiment crossed the river
and turned to the left fioni Harper's Ferry, keeping around
the Blue Ridge, and then following those mountains in a south-
westerly direction, until it encamped about midway between
Harper's Ferry and Vestal Gap.
OiiVi-Sunday, the 2d of November, the march was resumed,
and tlie regiment, still with Porter's corps, moved southward
along the Blue Ridge to Snickersville, opposite to Snickers'
Gap. This day's march was a rapid one. The corps arrived
just in time to save the " Gap" from the forces under the rebel
General Jackson, who approached it from the other side of the
ridge. On the 6th the regiment marched from Snickersville
toward the Bull Run Mountains, via Middleburg, White Plains
and New Baltimore, to the camp near Warrenton, where it
was on the lOtli of November last.
The Thirty-Second Regiment has several times been under
a casual fire, but has never been engaged, and has lost no men
in battle.
When the regiment left Fort Warren, on the 26th of May,
1862, it consisted of six companies, numbering 602 officers and
enlisted men. Another company joined the regiment on the
23d of July, at Harrison's Landing, Virginia, and the remain-
ing three companies joined at Minor's Hill, Virginia, on the 4th
day of September last. The four new companies had an aggre-
gate of 401 officers and enlisted men. Thirty-two recruits
have since been added. The total number of officers and
enlisted men who left the State of Massachusetts in this regi-
ment, or have since joined it), is, therefore, 1,035 ; of which
number 5 commissioned officers have resigned on account of
physical disability, and 50 enlisted men have been discharged ;
44 have deserted, and 1 commissioned officer and 24 enlisted
men have died. The aggregate strength of the command is
now 911, of whom 24 officers and 670 enlisted men are present
for duty ; 6 enlisted men are present sick ; 7 officers and 89
enlisted men are on detached service ; 2 enlisted men are
absent with leave, 20 without leave, and 3 commissioned
officers and 190 enlisted men are absent sick.
This official report is only up to the 10th of November;
since that time it has seen arduous duty, and has followed the
332 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.' [Jan.
fortunes of the army of the Potomac to the present day. It
was in the battle of Fredericksburg.
The following is an extract from a letter, dated near Fal-
mouth, Va., December 16th, 1862, addressed to me by Colonel
Parker : —
" Herewith I have the honor to send an account of the losses in the
action of December 13th and 14th, before Fredericksburg.
" I have to lament the loss of Captain Charles A. Dearborn, Jr., of
Salem, a young and most efficient officer, who on this, as on other occa-
sions, has made himself conspicuous for cool bravery in danger.
"For the first time, this regiment was thoroughly under fire, and
proved itself equal to my warmest expectations. Not an officer flinched
a tithe of a hair during thirty hours of trying exposure, commencing
with a rush to the front, over a plain, under hot fire of ball and shell,
and the coolness evinced by officers and men has won the applause it
richly merited.
" Companies B and C, on detached service, were not engaged."
Enclosed in this letter of Colonel Parker's was the list of
killed, wounded and missing, as follows : —
KILLED. ^
Company A — Captain Charles A. Dearborn, Jr.
Company H — Sergeant F. E. Winter.
WOUNDED.
Company A — Private James Potter, badly.
Company D — Sergeant Edward Knight, hand ; privates
Charles F. Lane, groin ; Daniel Westgate, severely in mouth ;
James D. Jenness, chin ; Robert A. McKinnen, hand.
Company E — Privates Peter C. W. Vaughn, hand ; "William
Shaw, hand.
Company F — Privates James T. Effernman, hand ; William
S. Robbins, neck.
Company G— Privates David Killpatrick, slightly ; Arthur
Lynch, hand.
Company H — Sergeant F. E. Allen ; privates William Stan-
wood, slightly ; Nathan Heminway, leg amputated ; Charles G.
Hawthorn, hand ; George H. Voss, foot ; Goram Hardy,
slightly.
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3. 333
Company I — Privates Samuel Garrard, head ; John Gibbcy,
leg ; Patrick Kane, ankle ; Isaac W. Smith, foot ; Martin
McKathen, Jr., head.
Company K — Privates Patrick Callahan, hand ; George E.
Leavitt, leg ; John F. Franklin, slightly.
MISSING.
Company A — Private E. J. Tierney.
Company E — Private A. T. Pratt.
Company G — Private James Thompson.
Company I — Privates Francis P. Webster ; A. W. Brown.
Company K — Private Thomas W. Clifford.
The following is an abstract of the roster of the regiment : —
1 Lieutenant-Colonel promoted Colonel.
1 Captain promoted Lieutenant-Colonel.
1 Captain promoted Major,
1 Captain killed.
6 First Lieutenants promoted Captains.
9 Second Lieutenants promoted First Lieutenants.
11 Second Lieutenants have been taken from enlisted men.
58 Commissions have been made for this regiment during the year 1862.
334 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
THIRTY-THIED REGIMENT.
[Jan.
Date of Commis-
NAMES. Rank.
sions.
Alberto C. Maggi, ....
Colonel, .
June 2G,
1862,
Adiu B. Underwood,
Major,
July 11,
((
Oria Warren,
Sm-geon, .
June 9,
\i
Wm. Syminoton Brown,
Assistant-Surgeon,
27,
li
Adin B. Underwood,
Lieut. Colonel, .
July 24,
(t
James L. Bates,
Major,
Aug. 5,
((
Daniel P. Gage,
Assistant-Surgeon,
7,
((
Daniel Foster,
Chaplain, .
Dec. 13,
li
James Brown,
Major,
Nov. 29,
u
Thomas B. Rand, .
Captain,
July 24,
a
Charles E. Jones, .
(1
24,
u
John C. Wyman, .
((
24,
«
William H. Lamson,
u
31,
li
Godfrey Ryder, Jr.,
u
31,
u
James Brown,
((
ai,
li
David T. Bunker, .
il
31,
((
William H. H. Hinds,
li
31,
((
Edward B. Blasland,
((
Aug. 6,
a
Elisha Doane, .
il
7,
a
James Farson,
u
8,
a
B. Frank Rogers, .
u
12,
a
Albion W. Tebbetts,
il
Nov. 29,
li
Cyrus E. Graves, .
u
Dec. 4,
((
Albion W. Tebbetts,
First Lieutenant,
June 19,
il
William E. Richardson,
" "
20,
a
Baldwin T. Peabody,
u a
26,
a
William P. Mudge, .
" "
July 7,
li
Benjamin F. Tafbot,
" "
June 26,
u
Charles F. Richards,
(( ((
July 24,
((
Cyrus E. Graves, .
" "
24,
li
Edward J. Vose,
(( li
24,
a
D. Moody Prescott,
a ((
31,
a
James W. George, .
" "
31,
u
James F. Rowe,
" "
31,
a
Bradley Dean,
li u
31,
(1
James F. Chipman, .
4( 11
Aug. 7,
('
Caleb Philbrick, .
" "
8,
u
George F. Adams, .
11 k(
Nov. 29,
((
George M. Walker,
a ((
Dec. 4,
('
George F. Adams, .
Second Lieutenant, .
July 17,
((
Henry W. Gore,
i( i(
24,
u
Joseph P. Thompson,
" "
24,
a
Charles W. Lovett, Jr.,
" "
31,
11
Frank E. Frothingham,
" "
31,
u
Caleb Blood, .
(( a
31,
a
George M. Walker,
" "
31,
11
Naaman H. Turner,
" "
31,
li
J. Henry Williams,
li a
Aug. 6,
((
Charles H. Nye, .
11 i( .
7,
((
George W. Rose,
" "
8,
u
Lebbeus H. Mitchell,
11 il
12,
a
Harry Meserv«,
" "
Oct. 29,
((
Charles B. Walker,
i( 11
Nov. 29,
((
George A. Morse, .
u
((
Dec. 4,
((
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3.
THIRTY-THIRD REGIMENT.
335
Dlscliavged.
New Bedford,
Newton, .
West Newbury,
Boston, .
Newton, .
Weymouth,
Lowell,
Bo&ton, .
Taunton, .
Boston, .
Lowell, .
Boston,
Lowell, .
Provincetown,
Taunton, .
Boston,
Groton, .
Boston, .
New Bedford,
Lowell, .
Boston, .
Lowell,
Boston,
Taunton, .
Lowell, .
Brighton, .
Stoneham,
Boston,
New Bedford,
Lowell, .
Belmont, .
Newton, .
Belmont, .
Boston, .
Lowell, .
Boston, .
Charlestown,
Boston, .
Newton, .
Reading, .
Lynn,
New Bedford,
Lowell, .
Cambridge,
Dec. 1, 1862.
Nov. 14, 1862,
Nov. 6, 1862.
Promoted Lieut. Colonel, July 24. 1862.
Col. 12th Reg't, Sept. 9, 1862.
Transferred to 41st Reg't, Nov. 27, 1862.
Promoted Major, Nov. 29, 1862. .
Transferred to 41st Reg't, Nov. 27, 1862.
Promoted Captain, Nov. 29, 1862.
Aug. 31, 1862.
Boston,
Transferred to 41st Reg't, Nov. 27, 1862.
Promoted 1st Lieut, Nov. 29, 1862.
Transferred to 41st Reg't, Nov. 27, 1862.
Promoted 1st Lieut., Dec. 4, 1862.
336
ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
[Jan.
On the 14th of August, 1862, the Thirty-Third Regiment
left Massachusetts for the seat of war, numbering 1,211.
Reported at Washington August 17th ; marched into "Virginia
and bivouacked on Arlington Heights, near Hunter's Cliapel.
They remained there until August 24th, when they broke camp
and marched to Alexandria, and made camp on the eastern side
of the city. There they first used the shelter tents. The
camp was called " Camp Slough," in honor of Brigadier-
General Slough, Military Governor of Alexandria. September
11th, they broke camp and made a new one the north side of the
city, on Shooter's Hill. September 13th, they received orders
to join Grover's command, and marched to join him at Fairfax
Seminary. September 15th, they received orders to march
back to Alexandria, which they did, and made camp again on
the site of the former one. They remained in Alexandria,
doing provost-guard duty, until October 10th, when, in obedience
to orders, they struck their tents, broke camp, and took the
THIRTY-FOURTH REGIMENT.
Date of Commis-
sions.
George D. Wells, .
William S. Lincoln,
Henry Bowman,
Rowse R. Clarke, .
Cyrus B. Smith,
Edward B. Fairchild,
William Thorndike,
Harrison W. Pratt, .
Harrison W. Pratt, .
Andrew Potter,
Alonzo D. Pratt,
George W. Thompson,
William B. Bacon, .
Charles L. -Chandler,
Dexter F. Parker, .
Daniel Holden,
William II. Cooley,
Wells WiUard,
John B. Norton,
Henry P. Fox,
Frank T. Leach,
Alexis C. Soley,
Charles H. llowland,
Colonel,
Lieut. Colonel, .
Major,
Surgeon, .
Assistant-Surgeon,
Chaplain, .
Assistant-Surgeon,
Major,
Captain, .
First Lieutenant,
July 11, 1862,
Aug. 6, "
6, "
July 3, "
31, "
Aug. 8, "
11, "
23, "
6, «'
6,
6,
6,
6,
6,
6,
6,
12,
13,
23,
Nov. 9,
June 9,
1863.]
HOUSE— No. 3.
337
cars for Fairfax Station, en route for Sigel's Corps. They
bivouacked at the station that night. October 11th, they
marched to " Camp Sigel," situated on a hill north-east of
Fairfax Court-house, where they remained October 28th.
The health of the regiment since leaving home has been
remarkably good, the greater part of the sick being from too
heavy duty in Alexandria. There have been deaths, 5 ; dis-
charged, 5; deserted, 18. Total, 28.
This regiment is at present stationed in Major-General Sigel's
Division, in the Shenandoah Valley.
The following is an abstract of the roster : —
1 First Lieutenant promoted Captain.
2 Second Lieutenants promoted First Lieutenants.
6 Second Lieutenants have been taken from enlisted men.
2 Companies were transferred to Forty-First Regiment, Nov. 27, 1862.
58 Commissions have been made for this regiment during the year 1862.
THIRTY-POITRTH REGIMENT.
EemaFks.
Boston, .
Worcester,
Clinton, .
Northbridge,
Granby, .
Sterling, .
Beverly, .
Worcester,
a
Pittsfield, .
West Boylston
Springfield,
Worcester,
Brookline,
Worcester,
Ware,
Pittsfield, .
Springfield,
Charlestown,
Worcester,
Northborough
Worcester,
Plymouth,
Nov. 8, 1862.
Promoted Col. 36th Eeg't, Aug. 22, 1862.
Promoted Major, Aug. 23, 1862.
Promoted Major 10th Reg't, Aug. 12, 1862.
Transferred to 3«th Eeg't, Aug. 22, 1862.
Discharged as 1st Lieut., Jan. 23, 1863.
43
338 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
Thirty-Fourth Regiment — Continued.
[Jan.
Date of Commis-
NAMES.
Bank.
sions.
Samuel F. Woods, ....
First Lieutenant,
June, 18,
1862,
Lafayette Butler, .
July 15,
John A. Lovell,
Aug. 6,
Frank T. Leach, .
6,
James W. Smith,
6,
George B. Macomber,
6,
Charles W. Elwell, .
6,
Chauncey R. Chauncey,
6,
Henry P. Fox,
6,
Alexis C. Soley,
6,
Lyman W. Van Loan,
6,
T. Edward Ames, .
12,
Albert C. Walker, .
13,
William L. Cobb, .
23,
Levi Lincoln, Jr., .
Nov. 9,
Levi Lincoln, Jr., .
Second Lieutenant, .
July 18,
William L. Cobb, .
18,
Robert W. Walker,
Aug. 6,
Henry Bacon,
6,
J. Austin Lyman, .
6,
Thomas W. Ripley,
6,
Jere Horton, .
6,
Albert C. AValker, .
6,
George Goodrich, .
6,
Samuel H. Blatt, .
6,
P. Marion Holmes, .
8,
Malcolm Ammidown,
13,
Henry T. Hall,
28,
John W. Stiles,
Nov. 9,
The Thirty-Fourth Regiment was authorized by General
Orders No. 17, dated May 29th, to be recruited from the five
western counties of Massachusetts, and by Special Orders No.
118, dated June 3d, Lieutenant-Colonel William S. Lincoln was
ordered to open " Camp John E. Wool," on the Agricultural
Grounds in Worcester. The nucleus of the regiment went
into camp June 16th. On the 11th of July, George D. Wells,
of Boston, then Lieutenant-Colonel of the First Massachusetts
Infantry, and senior Lieutenant-Colonel of the entire army,
was commissioned as Colonel. Captain Henry Bowman, of the
Fifteenth Massachusetts Infantry, who had recently returned
from prison in Richmond, after captivity since the disaster at
Ball's Bluff, received the appointment of Major, conditioned on
his release from parole by exchange, which was subsequently
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3.
Thirty- Fourth i?eymeni— Continued.
339
Kcsitlence.
Discharged.
Kemarks.
Worcester,
Pittsfield, .
Worcester,
Northborough, .
Hadley, .
Oakham, .
Greenfield,
Northampton, .
Worcester,
a
Pittsfield, .
Charlestown, .
Worcester,
Lancaster,
Worcester,
u
Lancaster,
Boston, .
Worcester,
Springfield,
Greenfield,
Westfield,
Worcester,
Fitchburg,
Pittsfield, .
Charlestown, .
Southbridge, .
Greenfield,
Worcester,
Ill' 1 1 * 1 1 1 1 1 ■ ■ ' 1 1 ■ 1 " ■ 1 1 I 1 ■ III
III II 1 1 1 1 1 II 1 1 1 1 1 III
Promoted Captain, Aug. 23, 1862.
Promoted Captain, Aug 13, 1862,
" " Nov. 9, "
Transferred to 36th Keg't, Aug. 22, 1862.
Discharged as 2d Lieut., Jan. 23, 1863.
Promoted 1st Lieut., Nov. 9, 1862.
" " Aug. 23, 1862.
Promoted 1st Lieut, Aug. 13, 1862.
Transferred to 36th Reg't, Aug. 22, 1862.
effected. On the 15th of August, the regiment being in full
ranks, 1,015 strong, left Worcester in obedience to orders from
the Governor, and proceeded, via Norwich, Jersey City, Phila-
delphia and Baltimore, to Washington. The regiment reached
Washington on Sunday, P. M., and passed the night at the
Soldiers' Rest. On the following day it crossed Long Bridge and
marched to Arlington Heights, where it first encamped at " Camp
Casey." While en route through Washington, the regiment
halted to pay a tribute of honor to .the heroic General Corcoran,
then just returned from his long captivity. While at " Camp
Casey," the regiment was obliged to part with Major Bowman,
who was promoted to the Colonelcy of the Thirty-Sixtli Massa-
chusetts Infantry.
340 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
On the 22d of August, iu obedience to Special Orders No.
196, Head-Quarters of the Army, assigning the regiment to the
corps of Major-General Banks, tents were struck, and the regi-
ment marched to Alexandria, and reported to the Quartermas-
ter's Department for transportation to the field. The railroad
was tlien occupied with the transportation of General Heintzel-
man's corps, and in obedience to instructions, the regiment
bivouacked beside the railroad in the City of Alexandria two
days and nights, and, on the 24th moved out of the city about
two miles on the line of the Orange and Alexandria railroad,
awaiting transportation to Catlett's Station, to which point it
was ordered by Major-General Pope.
It being impossible to obtain transportation. Colonel Wells
established a camp called " Camp Worcester," on the spot where
he had halted, and awaited orders. The regiment remained at
Camp Worcester until the entire army of General Pope in its
retreat from Manassas had completed its change of front.
Being then in the extreme advance of the Federal forces, the
regiment threw out pickets, and iu addition to this duty fur-
nished a Provost-Guard for Alexandria. September 10th, by
orders from the Military Governor of Alexandria, the camp
was moved to the immediate vicinity of Fort Ellsworth.
September 12th, the regiment being ordered to report to
General Grover, marched to Fairfax Seminary and encamped
there, together with the Thirty-Third Massachusetts Infantry,
the Eleventh New Jersey and the One Hundred and Twentieth
New York Volunteers, the four regiments being under the
command of Colonel Wells, senior Colonel. On the 15th
of September, by order of the commander of the defences
of Washington, the regiment moved its encampment to the
vicinity of Fort Lyon, where it remained November 22d,
being constituted a part of the regular garrison. Colonel Wells
being in command of the fort and all of its defences ;
the regiment being employed on garrison and picket duty.
It has been constantly drilled, both as artillery and infantry,
and is prepared to give a good account of itself in the
performance of any duty to which it may be called.
It numbered, November 10th, 994 strong; having lost
by promotion, 1; deaths, 7; discharged, 6; desertions, 7.
Total, 1,015.
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3. 341
This regiment is at present stationed at Fort Lyon, Virginia,
under command of Colonel Wells.
The following is an abstract of the roster : —
1 Major promoted Colonel 36th Regiment Mass. Vol.
1 Captain promoted Major.
1 Captain promoted Major 10th Regiment Mass. Vol.
3 First Lieutenants promoted Captains.
3 Second Lieutenants promoted First Lieutenants.
3 Second Lieutenants have been taken from enlisted men.
52 Commissions have been made for this regiment during the year 1862.
342 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
THIRTY-PIPTH REGIMENT.
[Jan.
Date of Commis-
sions.
Edward A. "Wild, .
Sumner Carruth,
Sumner Carruth,
Francis M. Lincoln,
George N. Munsell,
Albert W. Clark, ,
Henry F. H. Miller,
Sidney Willard,
William S. Bang, .
Stephen H. Andrews,
Dennis A. Dolan, .
William S. King, .
Charles H. Drew, ,
Albert W. Bartlett,
Samuel C. Oliver, .
Benjamin F. Pratt,
Sidney Willard, .
Horace Niles, .
George S. Nelson, .
Tracy P. Cheever, .
William Gibson,
John Lathrop,
James H. Baldwin, .
Daniel J. Preston, .
Elbridge G. Hood, .
Clifton A. Blanchard,
Elbridge G. Hood, .
James H. Baldwin, .
Edward G. Park, .
Cephas Washburn, .
Gamaliel Hodges, .
Daniel J. Preston, .
George P. Lyon,
John Lathrop,
Henry W. Moulton,
Clifton A. Blanchard,
William Palmer,
Frederick D. Brooks,
Samuel L. Haines, .
Nathaniel Wales, .
William Hill, .
John W. Hudson, .
Edward Blake, Jr., .
John B. Stickney, .
Albert F. Upton, .
Oliver Burrell,
Franklin B. Mirick,
Jonathan W. Ingcll,
Augustus S. Tuttlc,
Albert Mason,
James H. Baldwin, .
Colonel,
Lieut. Colonel, .
Major,
Surgeon, .
Assistant-Surgeon,
Chaplain,
Major,
Captain,
First Lieutenant,
Second Lieutenant,
Aug. 16, 1862,
27, "
20, "
July 28, "
31, "
Aug. 14, "
'19, "
27, "
Dec. 15, "
Aug. 1, "
2 "
i, "
6, "
8, "
11, "
13, "
10 44
13, "
U, "
27 "
18i "
28, "
15, "
1, 1863,
1, 1862,
2, »
Sept.
Dec.
Jan.
Aug.
July
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Dec.
Jan.
Dec.
July
4, »
6, "
8, "
12, »
11, "
13, "
12, "
13, "
14, "
16, "
16, "
15, «
27, "
18, "
28, "
14, "
15, »
15, "
1, 1863,
14, 1862,
28, "
29, "
30, «
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3.
THIRTY-FIFTH REG-IMENT.
348
Discharged.
Brookline,
Chelsea, .
u
Boston, /
Harwich, .
Woburn, .
Norton, .
Boston,
Roxbury,.
Chelsea, .
Boston, .
Roxbury, .
Plymouth,
Newburyport,
Salem,
Weymouth,
Boston, .
Randolph,
South Danvers,
Chelsea, .
Boston, .
Dedham, .
Boston, .
Danvers, .
Nahant, .
Chelsea, .
Nahant, .
Boston, .
Roxbury,
Kingston,
Newburyport,
Danvers, .
Weymouth,
Dedham, .
South Danvers,
Chelsea, .
Randolph,
Haverhill,
Newburyport,
Dorchester,
Dedham, .
Lexington,
Boston, .
Lynn,
Weymouth,
Chelsea, .
Randolph,
Milford, .
Plymouth,
Boston, .
Dec. 25, 1862.
Promoted Lieut. Colonel, Aug. 27, 1862,
Killed at Fredericksburg, Dec. 13, 1862.
Promoted Major, Dec. 15, 1862.
Transferred to 38th Reg't, Aug. 16, 1862.
Killed in battle, Sept. 17, 1862.
Promoted Major, Aug. 27, 1862.
Died of wounds, Sept. 27, 1862.
Transferred to 39th Reg't, Aug. 18, 1862.
1st Lieut. 3d Co. Heavy Art'y, Dec. 31, '62.
Promoted Captain, Dec. 15, 1862.
" " Sept. 18, "
Transferred to 38th Reg't, Aug. 16, 1862.
Promoted Captain, Sept. 28, 1862.
Promoted Captain, Aug. 27, 1862.
Transferred to 39th Reg't, Aug. 18, 1862.
Promoted Captain, Jan. 1, 1863.
Died of wounds, Oct. 13, 1862.
Transferred from 32d Reg't, Aug. 13, 1862.
Killed at Fredericksburg, Dec. 13, 1862.
Transferred to 36th Reg't.
" 38th Reg't, Aug. 18, 1862.
Promoted 1st Lieut., Aug. 2, 1862.
344 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
Thirty-Fifth Regiment — Continued.
[Jan.
Date of Commis-
K A 1\I E S .
Bank.
sions.
Frederick D. Brooks,
Secor
id Lieutenant, .
July 31,
1862,
William G. Sheen, .
u
ti
31,
u
Edward Blake, Jr.,
((
((
Aug. 1,
«
John B. Stickney, .
((
u
1,
((
John W. Hudson, .
"
u
2,
((
Nathan W. Collins, .
!
11
8,
((
William Gibson,
a
u
8,
((
Charles F. Williams, Jr.,
u
(1
12,
11
Oliver Burrell,
u
((
11,
u
William Palmer,
u
((
13,
a
George H. Wiley, .
((
u
12,
((
Franklin B. Mirick,
((
u
13,
«
Jonathan W. Ingell,
li
"
14,
u
William Hill, .
((
u
8,
u
William Washburn, Jr.,
li
u
16,
u
Albert A. Pope,
n
I(
27,
u
Oscar R. Livingston,
((
(C
Sept. 18,
li,
Frederic G. Wilkins,
<(
u
28,
11
Charles 0. Atkinson,
((
((
Oct. li,
(1
Augustus Hatch,
u
11
Sept. 23,
u
Jarvis W. Dean,
(1
li
Oct. 1,
u
Andrew Floyd,
u
l(
Dec. 14,
a
Joseph Gottlieb,
((
a
15,
a
Thorndike D. Hodges,
((
((
Jan. 1,
1863,
Among the many good regiments that Massachusetts has sent
forward, few, if any, surpass the Thirty-Fifth, especially in its
officers. Its commander, Colonel Wild, was among the first to
raise a company for the service. He is a gentleman highly
intelligent, and who has a full appreciation of the magnitude
of this war. His bravery is only paralleled by his almost
womanly modesty. The company which he raised was attach-
ed to the First Regiment, which left for the seat of war June
15th, 1861. The reports of his good conduct and his large
capacity came to us through many sources, while connected
with that regiment. In one of the battles in the advance from
Yorktown up the Peninsula to the Chickahominy, he was
severely wounded in the right arm. He came home disabled,
but before his arm was well he was placed in command of
" Camp Stanton," after Colonel Maggi of the Thirty-Third
Regiment had left. The Thirty-Fifth Regiment was there
recruiting, and Colonel Wild was appointed in command. The
1863.]
HOUSE— No. 3.
Thirty-Fifth Regiment — Continu ed.
o-iO
Residence.
Discharged.
Kemarlcs.
Haverhill,
Qulncy, .
Boston, .
Lynn,
Lexington,
Newburyport, .
Boston, .
Salem,
Weymouth,
Randolph,
South Danvers,
Chelsea, .
Randolph,
Dedham, .
Boston, .
Brookline,
Newburyport, .
Boston, .
Lynn,
Roxbury,
Weston, .
Boston, .
Salt'.m,
-
Promoted 1st Lieut., Aug. 16, 1862.
" " 39th Reg., Aug. 14, '62.
" " Sept. 28, 1862.
" " Oct. 14, "
Sept. 18, "
Promoted Captain, Aug. 14, 1862.
Died of wounds, Sept. 22, 1862.
Promoted 1st Lieut., Dec. 15, 1862.
" " Aug. 14, "
Transferred to 39th Reg't, Aug. 18, 1862.
Promoted 1st Lieut., Jan. 1, 1863.
Dec. 14, 1862.
Aug. 27, "
Commission revoked and cancelled.
regiment left the State on the 22d of August, with Colonel
Wild at its head, with his wounded arm in a sling. Lieutenant-
Colonel Carruth, also of the First Regiment, had been wounded,
of whom I have spoken in the narrative of the First Regiment.
The Adjutant of the Thirty-Fifth, Lieutenant Wales, also
carried his arm in a sling, from a sprain received while in
performance of his duty at Lynnfield.
What the regiment has done during its comparatively brief
term of service, the modest and characteristic report, made to
your Excellency by Colonel Wild, now at home, suffering from
the loss of his arm,
follows : —
will show, and which I copy entire, as
August 19th, 1862. The last companies were mustered into
the United States service at " Camp Stanton," Lynnfield, Mass.
August 22d. Left the camp, quite imperfectly fitted out,
owing to the urgency of the demand for fresh troops at Wash-
44
346 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
ingtoii ; and armed with Enfield rifles, which proved to be of
very poor quality, and dangerous to handle. We made the
journey through to Washington witlioiit any accident, and
without disturbance, except a small fracas at Philadelphia,
which arose in this way : In the immediate iieighborhood of
the Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloon, where we were sup-
plied with a meal by the hospitality of the citizens, there are a
large number of drinking shops, which have been a pest to
every regiment passing through, I personally ordered the
proprietor of each establishment to sell no liquor to my men,
warning him of consequences ; and at the same time setting a
guard at his door. Soon after, detecting them enticing men
in at back doors, to drink and fill canteens, 1 ordered the stock
to be cleaned out at two places, a hotel and a saloon. The
order was summarily and thoroughly carried out by my men.
No serious personal violence was committed, although we had
occasion to overawe a large party of Zouaves and other bullies.
The police followed me with two writs of arrest, which I
declined to accede to ; but warned them that, if they caused
us any delay, I should be obliged to take aldermen and all
with me to Washington. All this, not from any wanton dis-
respect for municipal law, but on the ground that, in time of
armed rebellion, the exigencies of the military service must
take precedence of all else. I have heard nothing more from
the matter, although complaints were sent after us to Wash-
ington.
August 24th. On arriving at Washington we were placed
under command of Brigadier-General Casey, and ordered
across the Potomac, to encamp beyond Arlington Heights.
August 26th. Transferred to command of Brigadier-General
Whipple. Were set at work upon the lines of entrenchment,
connecting the fortifications of Arlington Heights.
August 30th. Assigned to brigade of Acting Brigadier-
General Van Volkenburg. Continued to dig.
September 6th. Transferred to command of Major-General
Burnside, and ordered to follow him, in light marching order.
Left camp standing ; (it was afterwards removed to the city by
Major Willard.) Marched through Washington into Maryland.
On overtaking Burnside, he assigned us to the brigade of
Brigadier-General Ferrero, (in company with the Twenty-First
1863.] HOUSE— No. 8. 347
Massachusetts.) Continued short marches and bivouacs until
the
Battle at South Mountain. September 14th. We entered
the fight at about half-past four, P. M. It lasted till after dark.
Were first ordered to clear the rebel sharpshooters from an
extensive tract of forest, and a very rough ground indeed.
This was done. Afterwards resisted an unexpected attack
upon the position held by our brigade, made suddenly in the
dusk. At that time I received a wound — losing the left arm
at the shoulder — from which I am still suffering. The remain-
der, therefore, of this account must of necessity be incom-
plete. In this battle, the first ordeal of the Thirty-Fifth, their
behavior was excellent. Considering their total inexperience,
their very brief period of mutual acquaintance, the nature of the
battle-ground, their want of confidence in their weapons, and
especially their utter want of drill, it was very remarkable that
they should have held together so well as they did. The lack
of drill was severely felt, as we had had no opportunity at all
for battalion drill, and that of companies had been quite lim-
ited. They were ready to do any thing they were ordered, if
they only knew how to do it.
Battle of Antietam, September 17th. — Here the regiment
bore a conspicuous part. They entered the fight under Lieut-
enant-Colonel Sumner Carruth, who was soon shot through the
neck, and obliged to retire. The Major being absent upon
special duty, the command devolved upon Captain Wm. S.
King, of Company K, who nobly sustained his part, until seven
wounds forced him also to withdraw, which he did, bearing off
the colors to a place of safety, for by that time the whole color-
guard were disabled. At the decisive moment of this great
battle it became necessary to take and hold the bridge over the
Antietam Creek and its approaches. Our regiment supported
the Fifty-First New York ; made a charge over the bridge ;
drove the enemy from the top of the first rising ground,
and likewise from the second, never stopping till themselves
occupied the crest of the second hill, — which position they held
for some time, though subjected to slaughtering cross fires, with
a steadiness that veterans might be proud of, until ordered to
retire a little to a more sheltered spot. Their behavior was
348 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
admirablo throughout, and considering the drawbacks above
mentioned, it was magnificent.
In the two battles, South Mountain and Antictam, our loss
was severe. We liad two captains killed (Bartlett, of Newbury-
port, and Niles, of Randolph) and four wounded ; of lieutenants,
one killed (Williams, of Salem) and ten wounded ; of enlisted
men, 250 killed and wounded. Thus, of those present, we had
two-thirds of the officers, and very nearly one-third of the men
disabled.
After encamping for some weeks at Pleasant Yalley, on the
Upper Potomac, the whole army of McClellan crossed at and
near Harper's Ferry, and marched southward into Virginia,
our regiment among the rest, taking their share of the fatigues
and dangers. On Burnside taking the chief command the
route was changed for an easterly one.
November loth, on the Upper Rappahannock. Lieutenant-
Colonel Carruth, who had then recovered from his wound, and
resumed command of the regiment, crossed the river, taking
with him the Adjutant, Nathaniel V/ales, for the purpose of
visiting our wagons, engaged in taking in forage. On the way
back they stopped at a house to take dinner, when they were
surprised and captured by a party of rebels, who had been
lying in ambush, in the hope of cutting off our wagons. Two
privates, the provost guard of the premises, were also taken.
This incident, which has been sadly misrepresented in the news-
papers, I mention for the sake of relieving from odium those
two officers, to whom I attach no blame. They are still on
parole.
Major Sidney Willard then took command ; and some days
after, while on the march, our regiment in the rear was
guarding the wagon train, when they were attacked by a strong
force of rebels with artillery, who evidently hoped to cut off the
supply train. We held our ground, protected the wagons, and
ultimately drove off the enemy. Li this affair, the Thirty-
Fifth Regiment, who bore the brunt, were under artillery fire
nearly four hours, and again behaved well, both officers and
imen. This being the Major's first experience in action, his
conduct was highly creditable, both for coolness and for good
management.
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3. 349
December 13th. — Great battle at Fredericksburg, Oil this
bloody day our regiment fully acted up to its liigh reputation,
so early acquired. They were among the most advanced troops
in position, and exposed to a deadly fire at short range. Yet
they held their ground after their ammunition was all expended,
and did not retreat until their whole brigade was relieved b}»
fresh troops, when they retired in good order, under the lead
of Captaiu Andrews, of Company A, Major Sidney Willard
having been mortally wounded during the heat of the conflict,
while cheering on the men with the utmost gallantry. Lieut-
enant Hill, of Dedham, was also killed, while at the head of
Company K. Our loss in killed and wounded was about sixty.
On the withdrawal of the whole army across the Rappahan-
nock, the Thirty -Fifth was the last regiment but one to leave
Fredericksburg. They still remain encamped near that city,
under command of Captain Andrews — and suffering much,
like the rest of the army, from cold and exposure.
The following is an abstract of the roster of the regiment : —
1 Major killed at battle of Fredericksburg.
2 Captains promoted Majors.
1 Captain transferred to Third Company Heavy Artillery.
1 Captain killed.
1 Captain died of wounds.
5 First Lieutenants promoted Captains.
1 First Lieutenant died of wounds.
3 Second Lieutenants promoted First Lieutenants.
8 Second Lieutenants have been taken from enlisted men.
1 Quartermaster-Sergeant promoted First Lieutenant.
76 Commissions have been made for this regiment for the year 1862.
350 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
THIRTY-SIXTH REGIMENT.
[Jan.
Kank.
Date of Commis-
sions.
John W. Kimball, . . . .
Colonel, .
1
Aug. 11,
18G2,
• Henry Bowman,
u
,
22,
"
John B. Norton,
Lieut. Colonel,
,
28,
il
James H. Barker, .
Major,
,
28,
il
James P. Prince,
Surgeon, .
13,
((
Thomas C. Lauton,
Assistant-Surgeon,
15,
11
Warren Tyler,
(( (1
21,
a
Charles T. Canfield,
Chaplain, .
28,
11
Albert H. Bryant, .
Assistant-S
urgeon,
29,
u
William F. Draper,
Captain,
12,
il
Arthur A. Goodell, .
n
16,
i(
Thaddeus L. Barker,
li
19,
11
John B. Norton,
u
12,
u
Christopher Sawyer,
n
22,
((
Stephen C. Warriner,
u
22^
u
Christopher S. Hastings,
it,
22
u
Amos BufFum,
u
oo'
((
S. Henry Bailey,
11
22'
11
James B. Smith,
11
22'
1(
Albert Prescott,
ii
28;
((
Francis B. Rice,
First Lieutenant,
8,
11
Otis W. Holmes, .
" "
12,
li
Joseph W. Gird,
a u
11,
u
T. Edward Ames, .
" "
12,
((
Austin Davis, .
ii a
22,
((
Edwin A. Morse, .
11 ((
22,
il
Robert M. Cross, .
" "
22,
u
Levi N. Smith,
(( li
00
u
George L. Chipman,
" "
90
1(
Edward T. Raymond,
" "
22,
((
T. Sibley Heald, .
" "
2"^
1(
William F. Brigham,
U il
22;
((
S. Alonzo Ranlett, .
" "
Dec. 1,
((
Peter Dooley, .
Second Lieutenant, .
July 30,
u
Mason W. Tyler, .
(( ((
30,
((
T. Sibley Heald, .
li 11
31,
<(
George L. Chipman,
" "
Aug. 13,
11
Augustus S. Tuttle,
" "
July 28,
((
P. IMarion Holmes, .
(( ((
Aug. 8,
11
Henry W. Daniels, .
" "
00
11
Julius M. Tucker, .
11 11
8,
((
Henry S. Robinson,
" "
22,
((
John C. Cutter,
U (1
22'
t(
Edward A. Brown, .
11 ((
22
((
Wilder S. Holbrook,
(( li
22,'
((
William E. Shaw, .
il ((
22
((
Frederic H. Sibley,
U li
22'
il
William H. Hodgkins,
" "
Oct. 17,'
((
Joseph A. Marshall,
11
i(
Nov. 22,
((
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3.
THIRTY-SIXTH REGIMENT.
351
Discharged.
Fitchburg,
Clinton, .
Charlestown,
Milford, .
Lynn,
Sheffield, .
N. Brookfield,
Worcester,
Natick, .
Milford, .
Worcester,
Fitchburg,
Charlestown,
Templeton,
Monson, .
Berlin,
Templeton,
Northborough,
Cambridge,
Charlestown,
Worcester,
Milford, .
Fitchburg,
Charlestown,
Oxford, .
Worcester,
Palmer, .
Templeton,
Fitchburg,
Worcester,
Hubbardston,
Marlborough,
Charlestown, ,
Cheshire, .
Amherst, .
Hubbardston,
Fitchburg,
Milford, .
Charlestown,
Worcester,
Clinton, .
Winchendon,
Fitchburg,
Sutton,
Shrewsbury,
Fitchburg,
Charlestown,
Fitchburg,
Comra'n cancelled. Discharge not obtained.
Comm'n returned. Cancelled, Aug. 18, '62.
Promoted Lieut. Colonel, Aug. 28, 1862.
Declined to receive commission.
Transferred to 37th Regiment.
Commissioned 1st Lieut., .37th Regiment.
Promoted 1st Lieut., Aug. 22, 1862.
Declined to receive commission.
Declined to receive commission.
3o2
ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S EEPORT.
[Jan.
This regiment was recruited in Worcester County and placed
under the command of Colonel Bowman, who was formerly a
Captain in the Fifteenth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers.
He was taken prisoner at Ball's Bluff, in October, 1861, and
afterwards exchanged. He was appointed Major of the Thirty-
Fourth Regiment on the Gth of August, 1862, and on the 22d
of August he was appointed (^olonel of the Thirty-Sixth Regi-
ment, which is now under his command.
The regiment broke camp and left for Washington, via
Boston, embarking on the steamer Merrimack on the 2d of
September, 1862, and arrived at Washington September 7th,
where it received orders to join General Burnside's army. It
left Washington on the 9th of September and arrived at Lees-
boro', Maryland, on the same day. General Burnside's army
had left, and they were detained five days, waiting for transpor-
tation and rations. The regiment left Leesboro' on the 15tli of
September and arrived at the camp of General Burnside, four
miles beyond Sharpsburg, Maryland, on the 20th of September,
a distance of sixty-seven miles. On the 20th it marched to
Antietam Iron Works, and on October 7th it marched to
Pleasant Yalley, over the mountains, the roads having been
THIRTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT.
Date of Commis-
si ous.
Oliver Edwards, Jr.,
Colonel,
1
Aug. 27,
1862,
Alonzo E. Goodrich,
Lieut. Colonel, .
27,
Oliver Edwards, Jr.,
Major,
a,
Charles F. Crehore,
Surgeon, .
7,
Thomas C. Lawton,
Assistant-Surgeon, .
15,
Joshua J. Ellis,
a u
18,
George L. Montague,
Major,
27,
Edwin Hurlburt,
Captain,
11,
George L. Montague,
((
13,
Hugh Donnelly,
u
20,
Jarvis P. Kelly,
(i
27,
Franklin W. Pease,
1(
27,
Algernon S. Flagg,
I(
27,
Archibald Hopkins,
((
27,
Eugene A. Allen, .
u
27,
t«t
Marcus T. Moody, .
It
27,
Joseph L. Hayden, .
((
27,
Peter Dooley,
(1
27,
1863.]
HOUSE— No. 3.
353
obstructed by the rebels. Oil the lltli of October the regiment
left camp at Pleasant Valley and started for Frederick, Mary-
land, where it was ordered to protect the place from any attack
by Stuart's Cavalry. The regiment arrived here the next
day and on the 12th left Frederick for Point of Rocks, where
it remained until the 15th of October, when it returned to the
camp at Pleasant Valley. It left Pleasant Valley October 26th
and crossed the Potomac on a pontoon bridge at Berlin, Mary-
land, and arrived the same day at Lovettsville, Virginia, after
a very tedious march, as it rained hard all day, and they
encamped at night, cold and wet. Tlie regiment left Lovetts-
ville October 29th, for Blackwell, Virginia, where it is now
stationed.
The regiment has not been engaged in any battle since it
left the State. It has lost but one man by sickness. The regi-
ment has marched a distance of 189 miles.
The following is an abstract of the roster : —
2 Second Lieutenants promoted First Lieutenants.
49 Commissions have been made for this regiment during the year 1862.
THIRTY-SEVEITTH REGIMENT.
Discliarged.
Remarks.
Springfield,
Pittsfield, .
Springfield,
Boston, .
Sheffield, .
Marshfield,
Amherst, .
Gt. Barrington
Amherst, .
Springfield,
Chicopee,
Lee,
Wilbraham,
Williamstown,
Springfield,
Northampton,
Williamsburg,
Cheshire, .
Oct. 14, 1862.
Promoted Colonel, Aug. 27, 1862.
Promoted Major, Aug. 27, 1862.
45
354 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
Thirly- Seventh Regiment — Continued.
[Jan.
NAMES.
Rank.
Date of Commis-
sions.
Rufus P. Lincoln, ....
Captain, .
Oct.
15,
1862,
Thomas G. Colt, .
First Lieutenant,
Aug.
5,
((
Daniel J. I)od(]i;e,
5,
u
Mason W. Tyter, .
13,
u
Eli T. Blackmer, .
27,
I(
Thomas F. Flunlcett, Jr.,
27,
a
John C. Robinson, .
27,
((
Charles L. Edwards,
27,
a
Jonas A. Champney,
27,
('
William Bliss,
27,
a
Joshua A. Loomis, .
27,
u
J. Milton Fuller,
27,
a
John B. Malloy,
27,
ii
Carlos C. Wellman, .
Nov.
20,
a
Charles Phelps,
Dec.
30,
u
Thomas F. Plunkett, Jr.,
Second Lieutenant, .
Aug.
14,
u
Erastns W. Harris, .
u a
13,
u
Peter Dooley, .
Carlos C. Wellman, .
" "
Li 1(
July
Aug.
30,
27,
It
P. Woodbridge Moi'gan,
" "
27,
u
Rufus P. Lincoln, .
" "
27,
u
George H. Hyde, .
" "
27,
a
Walter B. Smith, .
(1 i.1,
27,
u
Elihu R. Rock wood.
(( u
27,
a
Edward Bridgman, .
" "
27,
u
Andrew L. Bush, .
a u
27,
u
Charles Phelps,
George B. Chandley,
Erastus W. Harris, .
1( u
Oct.
27,
27,
15,
a
James C. Chalmers,
(( u
Nov.
20,
a
Francis E. Grey,
" "
Dec.
30,
11
This regiment is composed almost exclusively of citizens of
Berkshire County. It was recruited at " Camp Briggs,"
Pittsfield. It did not leave the Commonwealth until tlie 7tli
of September, 1862, and has not, up to this time, been in any
battle. The regiment was assigned to General Briggs' Brigade,
and went into camp one mile south-east of Long Bridge, Ya.,
at " Camp Chase," where it remained about two weeks. It
was ordered to proceed to Frederick by rail, and to march from
there to Bakerville. Arriving there, the regiment reported to
Major-Gcneral Couch, who assigned it to the Third Brigade,
Brigadier-General Devens commanding. It remained at
Downsville, near Bakersville, two weeks, when the division was
ordered np to Hancock, Md., where it arrived, and remained
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3.
Thirty- Seventh Regiment — Con tinued .
355
Discharged.
Kemarks.
Amherst, .
Pittstield, .
u
Amherst, .
Chicopee,
Pittsfiekl, .
North Adams,
Southampton,
South Adams,
Northampton,
Springfield,
Chicopee,
Springfield,
Pittsfield, .
Amherst, .
Cheshire, .
Chicopee,
Lee,
Amherst, .
Lee,
Pittsfield,
Greenfield,
Northampton,
Springfield,
Northampton,
Pittsfield, .
Springfield,
Nov. 19, 1862.
Dec. 29, 1862.
Promoted 1st Lieut., Aug, 27, 1862.
Commission cancelled.
Promoted Captain, Aug. 27, 1862.
" 1st Lieut., Nov, 20, ''
Promoted Captain, Oct. 15, 1862.
Promoted 1st Lieut., Dec. 30, 1862.
one night. The next night at twelve o'clock it was ordered
back to Cherry Run, where it staid five days, and received
orders to march back to Williamsport. The next day it was
ordered back to Downsville. It was ordered to march to
Berlin, and encamped there over Sunday. It crossed the
Potomac into Virginia on Monday, November 3d ; marched to
Union, and from Union it was ordered to White Plains. From
White Plains to New Baltimore, four miles from Warrington,
where the regiment is now encamped.
Colonel Edwards tells the following incident that occurred
on its way to Washington : —
" Just after leaving Philadelphia, our train came into collision with
an extra train, carrying a provost guax-d to Havre de Grace.
356
ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
[Jan.
"Three of the provost guard were instantly killed and fifteen wounded,
and Surgeon Crehore and Assistant-Surgeon Lawton, of the Thirty-
Seventh Regiment, were untiring in their exertions to alleviate the
sufferings of the wounded. Word was immediately sent back to Phila-
delphia for another train to come to our assistance, which was immedi-
ately sent out, but unfortunately they ran down upon the same track
upon which our train stood.
"A private in Company D, hearing the relief train coming down upon
the same track, with great presence of mind seized the red light, and
waved it as a signal to the approaching train to stop. The engineer
seeing the signal, reversed the engine in time to prevent the full effects
THIRTY-EIGHTH HEGIPJIENT.
NAMES.
Rank.
Date of Commis-
sions.
Timothy Ingraham,
David K. Wardwell,
Colonel, .
Lieut. Colonel,
Aug.
18,
19,
1862,
David K. Wardwell,
Major,
12,
William L. Rodman,
a
19,
Samuel C. Hartwell,
Surgeon, .
16,
Edwin F. Ward, .
Assistant-Surgeon,
16,
George F. Thompson,
William L. Rodman,
Lieut. Colonel, .
Dec.
16,
4,
James P. Richardson,
Major,
4,
John W. Rogers,
Captain,
Aug.
12,
James P. Richardson,
((
12,
J. Henry Wyman, .
Charles F. Allen, .
11
12,
14,
Frederic R. Kinsley,
Charles C. Doten, .
a
u
14,
14,
Taylor P. Rundlett,
n
15,
James H. Slade,
u
16,
Charles H. Drew, .
It
6,
Thomas R. Rodman,
(I
20,
John E. Smith,
11
22,
James II. Wade,
((
20,
Timothy Reed,
(1
Nov.
1,
Samuel Gault,
((
Dec.
4,
Frank W. Loring, .
First Lieutenant,
Aug.
9,
Timothy W. Terry,
(1 u
9,
Arthur Hodaes,
" "
12,
Joseph A. liildreth,
Timothy Reed,
Eben Parsons, Jr., .
u u
U (i
12,
14,
14,
Joseph Giles, .
Joseph E. Simmons,
U 11
14,
14,
Samuel Gault,
(1 11
16,
Cephas Washburn, .
11 11
6,
Frank N. Scott,
11 11
18,
1863.]
HOUSE— No. 3.
35T
of the collision. The private continued waving the red light till the
train was close upon him, and then threw himself flat upon the roof of
the car, and escaped unhurt. Several of Company D were slightly
bruised, but none seriously injured."
The following is an abstract of the roster : —
2 Second Lieutenants promoted First Lieutenants.
1 Second Lieutenant promoted Captain.
2 Second Lieutenants promoted from enlisted men.
49 Commissions have been made for tins regiment during the year 1862.
THIRTY-EIGHTH REGIMENT.
Discharged.
New Bedford,
Boston, .
u
New Bedford,
Soutlibridge,
Enfield, .
Belchertown,
New Beclford,
Cambridge,
Mansfield,
Cambridge,
Abington,
Somerville,
Plymouth,
Cambridge,
Boston, .
Plymouth,
New Bedford,
Lynn,
Boston, .
Abington,
Boston, .
a
New Bedford,
Abington,
Lynn, _ .
Somerville,
Duxbury,
Boston, .
Kingston,
Cambridge,
Dec. 3, 1862.
Promoted Lieut. Col., Aug. 19, 1862.
" " Dec. 4, "
Transferred to 40th Reg't, Aug. 18, 1862.
Promoted Major, Dec. 4, 1862.
Transferred to 39th Reg't, Aug. 18, 1862.
Commissioned in 18th Reg't, Aug. 25, 1862.
Transferred to 40th Eeoriment.
Promoted Captain, Nov. 1, 1862.
Transferred to 39th Eeg't, Aug. 18, 1862.
Killed, in 18th Reg't, before receiving com'n.
Promoted Captain, Dec. 4, 1862.
358 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
IVdrty-Eighth Regiment — Continued.
[Jan.
Date of Commis-
NAMES.
Rank.
sions.
Elijah Swift,
First Lieut., (Q'rra'r,)
Aug. 23,
1862,
Osgood W. Waitt, .
" * "
20,
Julius M. Ijathrop, .
« u
20,
Adna K. Parris,
" "
Sept. 14,
Albert Mason,
" "
Nov. 1,
George B. Eussell, .
u u
Dec. 4,
John F. Piper,
Second Lieutentant, .
Aug. 7,
Willard C. Kinsley,
(; ((
8,
William Hill, .
a li
8,
John D. Reed,
" "
8,
William L. Rodman,
(( u
11,
George B. Russell, .
" "
12,
George N. Bennett,
(1 li
12,
Edward G. Dyke, .
ii a
12,
William H. Jewell, .
" "
12,
Francis A. Nash,
a «
14,
John F. Vinal,
(1 ((
16,
George T. Martin, .
" "
16,
Albert Mason,
(( u
Julv 2.9,
Vivian K. Spear, .
a ((
Aug. 22,
Charles C. Rowland,
ti ((
20,
George A. Fletcher,
" "
Oct. 1,
Frederic Holmes, .
" "
Dec. 4,
Morton D. Mitchell,
ii ((
Nov. 1,
Timothy Ingraham, Jr.,
" "
•l,
This regiment was recruited at " Camp Edwin M. Stanton,"
Lynnfield, and left the Commonwealth for the seat of
war, September 24th, 1862, and proceeded immediately to
Baltimore.
Colonel Ingraham had served as captain in the Third Regi-
ment M. Y. M.,in the three months' service, and afterwards as
lieutenant-colonel in the Eighteenth three years' Regiment.
Lieutenant-Colonel Wardwell had also commanded a company
in the Fifth Regiment of the three months' men, and was in the
first Bull Run fight. He afterwards raised a company and
went out as captain in the Twenty-Second Regiment, -and
served with distinction in the battles on the Peninsula, for
which he was promoted lieutenant-colonel of the Thirty-
Eighth. When the regiment was at Fortress Monroe, Lieuten-
ant-Colonel Wardwell resigned, on account of ill-health.
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3. 359
Thirty— Eighth Regiment — Continued.
Residence.
Discharged.
Remarks.
Fahiiouth,
Maiden, .
-
- —
Dedham, .
-
-
Diixbuiy,
_ _
_ _
Plymouth,
u
-
-
Beverly, .
Transferred to 40th Regiment.
Somerville,
39th
Dedham, .
" 35th "
Taunton, .
" 39th
New Bedford, .
Promoted Major, Auo;. 19, 1862.
Plymouth,
1st Lieut., Dec. 4, 1862.
Cambridge,
-
-
Abington,
-
-
New Bedford, .
.
Commissioned Captain 41st Regiment.
Melrose, .
_ _
_ _
Plymouth,
Promoted 1st Lieut., Nov. 1, 1862.
Lynn,
-
-
Boston, .
_ _
_ _
u
Cancelled.
Plymouth,
- -
_ _
E.Bridgewater,
_ _
_ _
New Bedford, .
- —
- -
For the narrative of the regiment since it left the Common-
wealth, I am indebted to Adjutant Loring.
The regiment arrived in Baltimore the morning of Thursday,
the 28th of September; was marched to the Union Relief
Rooms, where dinner was served to the men ; and in the after-
noon was ordered to " Camp Belger," a fine site north of
Baltimore, a mile from the heart of the city.
September 9th, it was ordered to take a position on the
" Liberty Road," (a turnpike which leads straight to Frederick,)
at a bridge eight miles from the city, where the road crosses a
stream — Gwin's Falls. Owing to some mistake in orders from
General Head-Quarters, the regiment was conducted by an
aide sent for the purpose, some six miles out on the wrong
road ; was there ordered to retrace its steps and to march to
the appointed spot, which it did not reach till about ten, P. M.,
360 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
after a most fatiguing, and hot, dusty tramp of sixteen or
seventeen miles — the first real march which the men had per-
formed, but which was accomplished cheerfully and well. It
bivouacked for the night on the spot which had been selected
for its camp. In immediate anticipation of an advance from
Frederick, pickets were posted ; but the battle of " Antietam "
soon made our position a sinecure, so that the time was devoted
uninterruptedly to drill.
" Camp Cram," as they named the camping ground, proved
very unhealthy, on account of miasma from the neighboring
low, wet grounds and the brook, so that much relief was felt
when orders came, (October 12th,) for the regiment to march
to protect the Pennsylvania border against the threatening raid
of Stuart's cavalry. On arriving in Baltimore, about nine,
A. M., October 12th, the regiment was kept waiting by diffi-
culty in procuring transportation, till late in the afternoon, and
the train was scarcely in motion before orders were brought
from General Wool, to " stop the Thirty-Eighth Massachusetts,"
much to the grief of those who were burning for a scratch with
the rebels. The next morning, (the 13th of October,) the
regiment was ordered to an excellent location on the Frederick
turnpike, a mile or so from the city of Baltimore, to the south-
west. The camp we named " Camp Emory," in honor of
Brigadier-General W. H. Emory, placed in command of the
infantry forces in and around Baltimore, which w^ere organized
on the 27th into a division of two brigades, under the command
of Brigadier-General Emory as Acting Major-General, Colonel
Ingraham commanding the Second Brigade.
On the 9th of November, the regiment left " Camp Emory "
under orders for distant service, passed the night in the city,
and in the afternoon of the 10th embarked in the Baltic, which
sailed the following morning for Fort Monroe, where it arrived
on the 12th, and where it was put aboard transports, impa-
tiently waiting further orders when Adjutant Loring wrote to
me.
The regiment has since sailed, and is now in the Department
of the Gulf.
In this regiment there have been ten desertions and five
deaths since it left the State. The general health and spirits
of the men have been excellent.
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3. 361
Tlie following is an abstract of the roster : —
1 Lieutenant-Colonel discharged.
1 Major promoted Lieutenant-Colonel.
1 Captain promoted Majoi".
2 First Lieutenants promoted Captains.
1 First Lieutenant killed before joining his regiment.
2 Second Lieutenants promoted First Lieutenants.
1 Second Lieutenant taken from enlisted men.
60 Commissions have been made for this regiment during the year 1862.
46
362 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
THIRTY-NINTH REGIMENT.
[Jan.
Date of Commis-
sions.
Timothy Ingraham, .
P. Stearns Davis, .
Calvin G. Page,
James L. Chipman,
Henry II. Mitchell,
Henry M. Tremlett,
Charles L. Pierson,
Edward Beecher French
William W. Graham,
John Hutchins,
Edward A. Spear, .
George S. Nelson, .
Frederic R. Kinsley,
Joseph J. Cooper, .
Ezra J. Trull,
Ephraim li. Brigham,
John I. Richardson,
Charles N. Hunt, .
William T. Spear, .
Perry Colman,
William G. Sheen, .
Henry W. Moulton,
Joseph Giles, .
Robert Rhodes,
Isaac D. Paul,
Simon Mulligan,
Charles W. Thompson,
Luke R. Tidd,
Emory Washburn, Jr.,
Edward E. White, .
Willard C. Kinsley,
Julius M. Swain,
Isaac F. R. Hosea, .
Charles H. Porter, .
John L. Swift,
George H. Wiley, .
Willard C. Kinsley,
Robert Williams, .
William H. Brown, .
Joseph P. Robinson,
Bartlett Shaw,
Charles A. Jackson,
John D. Reed,
Luther F. Wyman, .
C. Henry Chapman,
T. Cordis Clarke, .
Colonel, .
Surgeon, .
Assistant-Surgeon,
Major,
Lieut. Colonel,
Chaplain,
Captain,
First Lieutenant,
Second Lieutenant,
Aus
18, 1862,
29,
00
25
25
28
30
Sept. 6
Aug. 13
14
14
12
14
13
30
19
22
22
13
14
14
12
14
16
13
19
20
22
25
25
Nov. 13
Aug. 13
14
14
15
12
8
16
19
22
20
23
8
22
30
Nov. 13
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3.
THIRTY-NINTH REGIMENT.
303
Ucmarks.
New Bedford,.
Cambridge,
Boston, .
Milford, .
E. Bridgewater,
Boston,
Salem,
Chatham,
Roxbur}',
Medford, .
Quincy, .
South Danvevs,
Somerville,
Taunton, .
Watertown,
Natick, .
Woburn, .
Quincy, .
Koxbury,
Medford, .
Quincy, .
South Danvers,
Somerville,
Dorchester,
Taunton, .
Natick, .
Boston, .
Woburn, •
Cambridge,
u
Somerville,
Roxbury, .
Medford, ,
Quincy, .
Roxbury,
South Danvers,
Somerville,
Dorchester,
Natick,
Boston,
Carver,
Chelsea,
Taunton,
Woburn,
Cambridge,
Roxbury, .
Nov. 12, 1862.
Jan. 24, 1863,
Feb. 2, 1862,
Transferred to 38th Rejriment.
Transferred to 41st Reg't, and app'd Capt.
Promoted 1st Lieut., Nov. 13, 1862.
Comm'd 2d Lieut., 2d Reg't, Aug. 22, 1862.
Killed, while in 18th Reg't, Aug. 30, 1862.
Promoted 1st Lieut., 40th Reg't, Aug. 27,'62.
364 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
Of this regiment, Company A was recruited in South Danvers
and vicinity, Company B principally in Roxbury, Company C
in Medford, Company D generally in Quincy, Company E in
Somerville, Company F in Taunton, Company G in Boston,
Company H in Neponset Village, Company I principally in
Natick, and Company K in Woburn.
Colonel Davis joined the regiment at Lynnfield, September
1st, and the time was occupied in arming and clothing the men
nntil the regiment left " Camp Stanton," Boxford, Mass., to
which place it had removed from Lynnfield a few days previous,
on the 6th of September, 1862. The regiment proceeded
through Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore, to
Washington, arriving on Monday, September 8th. In Balti-
more the regiment was ordered to Ellicott's Mills, Md., by
General Wool, but being without tents and wagons, the order
was countermanded, and it was ordered to Washington. On
Tuesday, September 9th, General Casey ordered the regiment
to " Camp Chase," across Long Bridge, where they bivouacked,
and the next day received tents, which were occupied one
night; and on the 12th of September were ordered to take post
near Fort Tillinghast, and guard the interval between that fort
and Fort Craig, where they proceeded and posted two companies
as pickets, and the next day cleared a camp in the woods and
received tents which were left there by the Sixteenth Maine
Volunteers. On the 14th of September orders were received
to leave the baggage under care of a guard, and proceed at once,
in company with the Tenth Vermont and Hall's First Pennsyl-
vania Battery (D) of four ten-pound Parrott guns, to Edwards'
Ferry, Md,, to guard the Potomac from Seneca Creek to
Conrad's Ferry, a distance of about thirteen miles. The order
was received just at night, when the two regiments marched
across Aqueduct Bridge to Georgetown, where the battery
joined. They proceeded through Tennallytown, about eight
miles from camp, and bivouacked for the night. Early the
next morning the march was resumed, and the troops encamped
on the night of the 15th of September near Muddy Branch,
and the next day at noon the Tenth Vermont left the column
at Seneca Creek, while the Thirty-Ninth Massachusetts and the
battery proceeded on and bivouacked at Poolesville, arriving at
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3. 365
Edwards' Ferry at noon, September ITtli, 1862. Tlic battery-
was posted on an eminence to command the Ferry, and six
companies were detailed for picket duty to guard tlie river from
Edwards' to Conrad's Ferry. Shortly after arriving at Edwards'
Ferry, General George Stoneman assumed command of all the
forces in the vicinity, and relieved Colonel Davis of the com-
mand of the Tentii Vermont, and the battery, and Captain
Vose's Company of First Rhode Island Cavalry, which had
reported to him for duty.
The regiment continued to guard the Potomac until the
14th of October. On the 12th of October the regiment was
concentrated at Conrad's Ferry to intercept Stuart's Cavalry,
who had crossed the river a few days before, but they had'
re-crossed at White's Ford, three miles above Conrad's Ferry,
about the time orders were received to march from Edwards'
Ferry. On the 14th of October, orders were received to march
for Seneca Creek, eight miles from Edwards' Ferry, and the
same afternoon they encamped on the ground occupied by the
Second Massachusetts one year previous. On the 17th of
October, Brigadier-General Cuvier Grover assumed command
of the brigade, which at present is composed of the Thirty-
Ninth Massachusetts, Tenth Vermont, Fourteenth New Hamp-
shire, and Twenty-Tliird Maine ; Company F, First Rhode
Island Cavalry, and one section of Battery D, First Pennsyl-
vania Artillery, are temporarily attached to the brigade. On
the 20th of October, by order of General Grover, the regiment
moved three miles towards Washington, to Muddy Branch,
opposite Lock No. 22, on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal,
where it remained November 10th, 1862, The daily detail for
picket guard from this regiment was two officers, eight non-
commissioned officers, and ninety men.
On the 31st of October, the regiment was mustered for pay-
ment by the Colonel, and on the 4th of November were reviewed
and inspected by General Grover, who complimented the regi-
ment on the proficiency attained in discipline and drill.
On the 11th of November, by order of General Heintzelman,
Brigadier-General Grover relinquished the command of the
brigade to Colonel Davis, devolving the command of this
regiment upon Lieutenant-Colonel Pierson. In accordance
366
ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
[Jan.
with instructions from General Heintzelman, Colonel Davis
moved the brigade, the regiments of which were scattered
from Seneca Creek down the Potomac, a distance of six
miles, to Offutt's Cross-Roads, sixteen miles from Washington,
where it was consolidated in a camp of instruction on tlie 14tli
of November.
FORTIETH REGIMENT.
Date of Commis-
NAMES.
Kaiik.
sions.
Burr Porter,
Colonel,
Sept. 7,
1862,
Joseph A. Dalton, .
Lieut. Colonel,
.
2,
K
Joseph A. Dalton, .
Major,
Aug. 20,
((
Joseph M. Day,
((
Sept. 2,
((
Oliver A. Brewster,
Surgeon, .
Aug. 20,
li
Andrew Smith,
Assistant-Surgeon,
Sept. 2,
u
Jonathan Cass,
11 u
2,
a
J. Henry Thayer, .
Chaplain, .
17,
u
John W. Rogers,
Captain,
Aug. 12,
u
George E. Marshall,
u
15,
u
Stephen D. Stokes, .
\ .
((
19,
((
Daniel H. Johnson, Jr., .
(C
20,
u
Joseph M. Day,
a
20,
u
James T. Lurvey, .
u
22,
1(
Henry Danforth,
a
23,
((
John L. Swift,
u
25,
((
Patrick R. Casslday,
a
27,
u
Reuben L. Garlick,
a
27,
((
Charles A. Jackson,
a
Sept. 2,
((
William H. Harper,
a
Aug. 22,
((
Edward L. Giddings,
a
Sept. 5,
il
Horatio Jenkins, Jr.,
li
Aug. 12,
u
Richard Skinner, Jr.,
li
Nov. 8,
u
Wisner Park, .
First Lieutenant,
Aug. 15,
1(
Horatio Jenkins, Jr.,
" "
15,
((
Eugene J. Mason, .
u u
19,
u
Joseph H. Webb, .
" "
20,
((
Oreb F. Mitchell, . '
" "
20,
((
Stephen C. Rose, .
(( ((
21,
((
Timothy W. Terry,
" "
21,
((
Eugene A. Albee, .
%
u u
23,
u
Edward Hitchings, .
" " (Qrm'r,)
25,
u
Francis Sullivan,
" "
27,
((
Charles A. Jackson,
a u
23,
1(
A. Parker Brown, .
" (Adj't,)
25,
((
William H. Cundy,
a u
30,
(«
Benjamin H. Manning,
a li
90
u
John F. Piper,
a ((
Sept. 5,
((
William A. Smith, .
U ((
Aug. 15,
((
1863.]
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367
The following is an abstract of the roster ; —
1 Second Lieutenant promoted First Lieutenant.
1 Second Lieutenant killed before joining his regiment.
1 Second Lieutenant promoted from enlisted men.
47 Commissions have been made for this regiment during the year 1862.
FORTIETH REGIMENT.
New York,
Salem,
Barnstable,
Pittsfield, .
Williamstown,
Gt. Barrington
Salem,
Mansfield,
Chelsea, .
Lawrence,
Salem,
Barnstable,
Lowell, .
Salem,
Koxbury, .
Lowell, .
Boston, .
Chelsea, .
Sandwich,
Beverly, .
Chelsea, .
Salem,
Attleborough,
Chelsea, .
Lawrence,
Salem,
Middleborough
Marblehead,
New Bedford,
Marlborough,
Saugus, .
Lowell, .
Chelsea, .
Salem,
Boston. .
Marshfield,
Beverly, .
Chelsea, .
Jan. 15, 1863.
Nov. 21, 1862.
Jan. 26, 1863.
Dec. 8, 1862.
Dec. 19, 1862.
Major, U. S. A.
Promoted Lieut. Colonel, Sept. 2, 1862.
Declined to receive commission.
Promoted Major, Sept. 2, 1862.
Transferred to 41st Reg't, Sept. 1, 1862.
u t( u (1 A. u
^5
Captain, Aug. 12, 1862.
Transferred to 41st Regiment.
Appointed Brigade-Quartermaster.
Transferred to 41st Reg't, Sept. 4, 1862.
368 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
Fortieth Regiment — Continued.
[Jan.
N A JI E S .
Rank.
Date of Commis
sioiis.
Jesse J. Underhill, .
George C. Bancroft,
Eugene H. Richards,
William A. Smith, .
John F. Weare,
George C. Bancroft,
Southworth Loring,
Eugene A. Albee, .
John F. Piper,
Charles B. Lealhe, .
John Pollock, .
John Commerfnral. .
George F. Howard,
Hartwell W. Freeman,
Leonard G. Dennis,
Charles G. Cox,
Augustine F. Webb,
First Lieutenant,
Second Lieutenant, .
U ((
U ((
" "
(( a
U 1.1.
i(. a
" "
" "
" "
Nov.- 28, 18(52,
Dec. 9, "
Aug. 15, "
15, "
19, "
20, "
20, "
23, "
7, "
23, "
23, "
27, "
27, "
22, "
Sept. 5, "
Aug. 15, "
Dec. 9, "
This regiment was recruited at " Camp Edwin M. Stanton,"
Lynnfield, and left the Commonwealth September 8th, under
the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Dalton, of Salem. It
arrived at Washington on the evening of the 11th. Lieutenant-
Colonel Dalton was an experienced officer in the volunteer
militia, and has all the qualifications of a good officer.
On the 7th of September, Major Burr Porter, U. S. A., of
New York, who had served with distinction on the staff of
Major-General Fremont, was commissioned Colonel, and he
joined the regiment and took command of it September 14th.
The regiment remained one day in Washington, and was
quartered at the Depot Barracks. On the 12th of September
it marched to Fort " Ethan Allen," distant six miles, where it
encamped, and was placed in the brigade of Brigadier-General
Abercrombie, where it remained until the 11th of October,
when it was ordered to Munson's Hill, distant five miles. On
the 18th of October it marched to Miner's Hill, Ya., three
miles. On tlie 21st, the regiment was assigned to the brigade
of Brigadier-General Robert Cowdin, in which it has remained
ever since. It has been reviewed once with the brigade, and once
witli General Abercrombie's Division. On each occasion the
white colors of the Fortieth had the honor of leading the column.
1863.]
HOUSE— No. 3.
Fortieth Regiment — Continued.
369
Discharged.
Charlestown,
Salem,
Attleborough,
Chelsea, .
Lawrence,
Salem,
Middlcborough
Marlborough,
Beverly, .
Reading, .
Salem,
Lowell, .
Boston,
Sandwich,
Beverly, .
Salem,
Dec. 19, 1862.
Dec. 19, 1862.
1st Lieut., Aug. 1.5, 1862.
" " Dec. 13, "
Promoted 1st Lieut., Dec. 9, 1862.
Promoted 1st Lieut., Aug. 23, 1862.
" " Sept. 5, '•
Promoted 1st Lieut., Jan. 27, 1862.
Transferred to 41st Reg't, Sept. 4, 1862.
The camp where it now is, is an advance post of the defences
of Washington, and is further from the forts than the camp of
any other regiment. The camp is well sheltered and well
drained, and every way healthy. The regiment has improved
daily in discipline and drill, and shows to advantage, whenever
brought into line with others. Although the regiment has not
as yet been in any action, its advance position of the army for
the protection of Washington is one of great importance, and
requires constant care and watchfulness. When there was
danger to the defences of Washington from the enemy at
Harper's Ferry and Leesburg, this regiment was selected
constantly for the advanced and most dangerous posts.
Since the regiment left the State the number of deaths has
been 5 ; discharged for disability, 5 ; deserted, 8. The last
report from the regiment shows eighteen sick in the hospital.
The following is an abstract of the roster: —
1 First Lieutenant promoted Brigade-Quartermaster.
1 Second Lieutenant promoted First Lieutenant.
1 Second Lieutenant taken from enlisted men.
56 Commissions have been made for this regiment during the year 1862.
47
870 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
FORTY-FIRST REGIMENT.
[Jan.
Date of Commis-
NAMES.
Runic.
sions.
Thomas E. Cliickering, .
Colonel, .
Sept. 15,
1862,
Ansell D. Wass,
Lieut. Colonel, .
G,
it
Lorenzo D. Sargent,
Major,
Aug. 22,
(1
Albert 11. Blanchard,
Surgeon, .
Sept. 4,
"
John Blacknicr,
Assistant-Surgeon,
4,
«
Daniel S. Allen,
a a ,
17,
((
Daniel F. Leavitt, .
" "
Oct. 31,
it
Henry F. Lane,
Chaplain, .
Nov. 4,
u
William H. Harper,
Captain, .
Aug. 22,
((
John F. Vinal,
"
23,
((
Reuben L. (larlick,
((
27,
"
Edward L. Noyes, .
a
27,
((
John L. Swift,
((
25,
"
Frederick G. Pope, .
a
Sept. 2,
(1
Patrick R. Cassiday,
i(
Aug. 27,
((
Lyman W. Gould, .
11
Sept. 15,
u
G. Frank Stevens, .
n
Oct. 4,
((
Francis E. Boyd, .
a
4,
u
William H. Seamans,
a
Nov. 1,
"
John C. VV^yman, .
((
July 24,
((
David T. Bunker, .
(1
31,
((
Benjamin H. Manning,
First Lieutenant,
Aug. 22,
(<
John W. Hervey, .
" "
23,
((
Cyrus T. Batchelder,
" "
27,
((
William li. Cundy,
(( (1
30,
u
Charles A. Jackson,
" "
23,
((
William M. Gifibrd,
" "
Sept. 2,
u
Francis Sullivan,
« u
Aug. 27,
(1
Timothy W. Terry,
" " (Qrm'r,)
9,
(1
William T. Hodges,
" "
Sept. 6,
n
Henry S. Adams, .
" (Adj't,)
s,
n
Wesley A. Gove, .
" "
15,
((
Charles B. Stoddard,
^ .
" " (Qrm'r,)
],
<(
Henry C. Dane,
i( i(
Oct. 4,
«
John C. Gray, Jr., .
" "
4,
(I
Charles VV. C. Rhoades, .
(( ((
7,
11
David P. Muzzey, .
" "
Nov. 1,
n
Frank E. Frothingham, .
U <1
Dec. 4,
1(
Benjamin F. Talbot,
" "
June 26,
11
Bradley Dean,
(( ((
July 31,
((
Hartwcll \V. Freeman, .
Second Lieutenant, .
Aug. 22,
»
Eliphalct H. Robbins,
ti (1
23,
it
Edward S. Daniels,
(1 (1
27,
n
(ieorge F. Howard,
" "
27,
"
Charles Stone,
u u
27,
((
Lyman W. Gould, .
u u
30,
(I
William Harris, Jr.,
(( ((
Sept. 2,
u
John C'ommerford, .
(1 11
Aug. 27,
((
Theodore C. Otis, ,
l( 11
Sept. 6,
t(
John H. Weston, .
" ''
15,
((
1863.]
HOUSE— No. 3.
FORTY-FIRST REGIMENT.
371
Discharged.
Boston, .
Lawrence,
Sherborn,
Somerville,
Gloucester,
Souih Dan vers,
Lawrence,
Sandwich,
New Bedibrd,
Boston, .
Lawrence,
Roxbury, .
Boston, .
Lowell, .
Boston,
Lawrence,
Boston, .
Roxbury,
Boston, .
Marshfield,
New Bedford,
Lawrence,
Boston, .
Chelsea, .
Boston, .
Lowell, .
New Bedford,
Roxbury, .
Chieopee,
Boston, .
Plymouth,
Cambridge,
Boston, .
Cambridge,
Boston, .
"
Sandwich,
New Bedford,
Cambridge,
Boston,
Lawrence,
Boston,
((
Lowell,
Roxbury, ,
Promoted Surgeon 47th Reg't, M. V. M.
Transferred to 40th Reg't, Sept. 4, 1862.
Transferred to 40th Reg't, Sept. 1, 1862.
Commission cancelled.
Transferred to 40th Reg't, Sept. 4, 1862.
Transferred to 40th Reg't, Sept. 1, 1862.
Promoted Captain 40th Reg't, Sept. 2, 1862.
Commission cancelled.
Prom'd 1st Lt., 13th Batt'y Light Artillery,
[Nov. 3, 1862.
Commis'n returned and cancel'd, Oct. 6, '62.
App'ted Commissary Subsistence, U. S. Vol.
Transferred to 40th Reg't, Sept. 4, 1862.
Commission cancelled.
TransfeTred to 40th Reg't, Sept. 1, 1862.
Promoted Captain, Sept. 15, 1862.
372 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
Forty-First Regiment — Continued.
[Jan.
NAMES.
Rank.
Date of Commis-
sions.
Henrv C Dane, . . . . ,
^.
3cond Lieutenant, .
Sept. 16, 1862,
David P. Muzzpy, .
16, "
Charles W. C. Khoades,
16, "
Amos Henfield,
Oct. 4, "
John C. Gray, Jr., .
7, "
Lawrence Conlin, .
Dec. 4, "
Frank E. Frothinjrham,
July 31, »
George A. Fiske, Jr.,
Dec. 12, "
The Forty-First was the last of our three years' regiments
now in the service to leave the Commonwealth. It was
recruited at " Camp Edwin M. Stanton," at Lynnfield, after-
wards changed to Boxford.
It is commanded by Colonel Thomas E. Chickering, of
Boston, a gentleman who for many years was an active and
efficient officer in the volunteer militia.
The regiment left the State on the 5th of November, under
orders to report for duty to Major-General Banks in New York.
On its march through Boston it was escorted by the mem-
bers of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanics' Association,
of which Colonel Chickering was a member, and by the past
members of the New England Guards, of which company
Colonel Chickering was formerly commander.
Upon arriving at New York, the regiment was quartered for
a time in the Park Barracks, and was afterwards sent to camp
on the Union Race Course, Long Island. During its stay in
New York, the officers and men received many kindnesses from
the loyal people of that city.
The regiment sailed from New York to New Orleans on the
ship which carried out Major-General Banks and Staff, and in
due time reached its destination.
Upon arriving at New Orleans, Major-General Banks and
military family left the ship, and took up their quarters in the
city. The vessel, with the regiment on board, was ordered to
Baton Rouge, the capitol of Louisiana. There the regiment
disembarked and took up its quarters, and there it remained
at our last accounts. So that, although the Forty-First was the
1863.]
HOUSE— No. 3.
Forty-First Regiment — Continued.
373
Residence.
Discharged.
Bemarks.
Cambridge,
11
Roxbur}', .
Salem,
Boston, .
Charlestown, .
Roxbury, .
1 ' 1 1 1 * * *
1 III
Promoted 1st Lieut, (3ct. 4, 18G2.
" " Nov. 1, "
" " Oct. 7, "
Promoted 1st Lieut., Dec. 4, 1862.
last of our three years' regiments that left the Commonwealth,
it is probably now the most distant of any one from us. The
regiment is composed of good material, and is well officered,
and whenever called into action will bear itself worthy of
Massachusetts.
The following is an abstract of the roster : —
3 Second Lieutenants have been taken from enlisted men.
68 Commissions have been made for this regiment during the year 1862,
374
ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
[Jan.
SHARPSHOOTEES.
First Company.
NAMES.
Bank.
Date of Commis-
sions.
John Saunders,
William Gleason,
John C. Gray,
William Berry,
John L. Perley,
Henry Martin,
William Plumer,
Henry Martin,
Emerson Bieknell,
Captain, .
First Lieutenant, .
Second "
First "
Second "
Second "
Captain, .
First Lieutenant, .
Second "
Sept. 2, 1861,
2, «
2 "
April 4, 1862,
Mav 21, "
JulV 19, "
Sept. 19, "
19, "
19, "
Second Company.
Lewis E. Wentworth,
Captain, .
Sept.
24,
1861,
Charles D. Stiles, ....
First Lieutenant, .
21,
a
Alvan A. Evans, ....
Second "
24,
u
Lewis E. Wentworth,
Captain, .
Aug.
20,
1862,
Edward Upton, ....
Fiist Lieutenant, .
6,
(1
Kobert Smith, ....
Second "
Jaly
7,
li
Third Company.
Joseph Fletcher Brennan,
Second Lieutenant,
Dec. 1, 1862,
The First Company of Sharpshooters was recruited by
Captain Saunders at Lynnfield, and left for the seat of war
September 3d, 1861. It was not attached to any regiment for
several months after it left the State, but remained attached to
General Lander's command on the Upper Potomac until the
death of that brave and heroic officer. Afterwards it was
attached to the Fifteenth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers,
where it now is. Since it has been attached to the Fifteenth
Regiment, the history of the company has become a part of the
history of the regiment. While acting under General Lander
it did great service in outpost duty, and subsequently at tlie
siege of Yorktown. The men were furnished with the heavy
telescopic rifle, and all of them were excellent shots.
At the battle of Antietam Captain Saunders was killed.
There has been no braver or truer man killed in battle during
this war than Captain John Saunders.
1863.]
HOUSE— No. 3.
375
SHARPSnOOTERS.
FirU Company.
Residence.
Discharged.
Remiirks.
Salem,
Lexington,
Salem,
Boston, .
Georgetown, .
Newburyport, .
Cambridge,
1
April 3, 1862.
May 30, "
July 12, 186*2.
Killed in battle, Sept. 17, 1802.
Killed in battle, Sept. 17, 1862.
Promoted 1st Lieut., Sept. 19, 1862.
"Nevvburyport, .
Boston, .
-
-
Second Company.
Salem,
July 16, 1862.
Aug. 4, "
July 5, "
Jan. 29, 1863.
Third Company.
Boston,
Commission cancelled.
The Second Company of Sharpshooters was also recruited at
Lynnfield, and was from the beginning attached to the Twenty-
Second Regiment. It has shared the fatigues, the marches and
the honors of that regiment, and therefore it takes a prominent
place in the history of the regiment.
The Third Company of Sharpshooters has not yet been
recruited, and consequently has not left the Commonwealth.
The following is an abstract of the rosters : —
First Company of Sharpshooters.
1 Captain killed in battle, September 17, 1862.
1 First Lieutenant killed in battle, September 17, 1862.
1 Second Lieutenant promoted First Lieutenant.
1 Captain taken from civil life.
1 Second Lieutenant has been taken from the enlisted men.
6 Commissions have been made for this company during the year 1862.
Second Compami of Sharpshooters.
1 First Lieutenant and 1 Second Lieutenant taken from enlisted men.
3 Commissions have been made for this company during the year 1862.
376 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
riRST REGIMENT OP CAVALRY.
[Jan.
Date of Commis-
KAMES.
Rank.
sions.
Robert Williams, ....
Colonel, .
Oct. 7, 1861,
Horace Biiiney Sargent, .
Lieut. Colonel, .
12, "
"William F. White, .
Major,
Nov. 1, "
John H. Edson,
" . . •
4, "
Greely S. Curtis,
4<
Oct. 31, "
James Hollanrl,
Surgeon, .
Sept. 14, "
Oscar C. DeWolf, .
Assistant-Surgeon, .
14, "
William C. Patterson,
Chaplain, .
Dec. 30, "
Lucius W. Knight, .
First Lt., Reg't Qrm'r.
Sept. 9, "
Edward A. Brackett,
" " Batt. " .
Oct. 2.5, "
Milton R. Bowen, .
" " Batt. " .
Dec. 2, "
Henry Lee Higginson, .
Major,
Mar. 26, 1862,
Albert II. Rice,"
Assistant-Surgeon,
July 24, "■
Atherton II. Stevens, Jr.,
Major,
19, "
Horace Binney Sargent, .
Colonel,
Oct. 30, "
Greely S. Curtis,
Lieut. Colonel, .
30, . "
Samuel E. Chamberlain, .
Major,
30, "
Homer H. Warner,
Assistant-Surgeon,
Dec. 16, "
Marcus A. Moore, .
Captain, .
Oct. 31, 1861,
Atherton H. Stevens, Jr.,
" ...
31, "
William Gibbs,
"
31, "
Lucius Richmond, .
((
31, "
Henry Lee Higginson,
u
31, "
Lucius Manlius Sargent, Jr.,
"
31, "
Oren R. Shaw,
a
Nov. 25, »
Samuel E. Chamberlain, .
(1
2.5, "
David B. Keith,
"
25, "
Caspar Crowninshield, .
"
25, "
James H. Case,
li
25, "
T. Lawrence Motley,
11
Dec. 25, "
Arnold A. Rand,
"
Feb. 4, 1862,
Horace N. Weld, .
;(
7, "
Benjamin W. Crowninshield,
li
Mar. 26, "
Myron C Pratt,
"
July 19, "
Greenleaf W. Batchelder,
(1
June 28, "
Channins Clapp,
"
Sept.. 14, "
Charles F. Adams, .
u
Oct. 30, "
David B Keith,
First Lieutenant,
Oct. 31, 1861,
Charles E. Rice,
a a
31, "
Greenleaf W. Batchelder,
" "
31, "
Walter Miles, .
it 11,
31, "
Freeman II. Shiverick, .
" "
Dec. 12, »
Charles F. Adams, Jr., .
" "
19, "
Edward H. Merrill, .
" "
19, "
Moses F. Webster, .
" "
19, "
Rufus D. Hills,
" "
19, "
Channing Clapp,
" "
19, "
Bcuj. W. Crowninshield,
" "
19, "
Randolph M. Clark,
a u
26, "
John Tewksbury, .
" "
Mar. 27, 1862,
Myron C. Pratt,
u "
Dec. 1, 1861,
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3.
FIRST REGIMENT OP CAVALRY.
577
Biscliarged.
Virginia, .
W. lloxbury,
Somervillc,
Boston, .
Westfield,
Chester, .
Dedham, .
Boston,
Winchester,
Dorchester,
Boston, .
Springfield,
Cambridge,
W. Roxbury,
Boston,
Cambridge,
Springfield,
Waltham,
Cambridge,
Waltham,
N. Bridge water
Boston,
W. Roxbury,
Boston, .
Cambridge,
Boston, .
u
Bridgewater,
Roxbury, .
Boston, .
Hoi yoke, .
Boston, .
Quincy, .
Boston, .
Brighton, .
Boston, .
Charlestown,
N. Bridgewater,
Quincy, .
Boston,
New Bedford,
Boston, .
Dedham, .
Boston, .
Holyoke, .
Oct. 29, 1862,
July 17, 1862.
Jan. 7, "
Nov. 17, 1862,
Mar. 6, 1862.
July 26, "
Feb. 3, 1862.
Jan. 30, 1862.
June 27, 1862.
Nov. 3, 1862.
Apr. 30, 1862.
Mar. 6, 1862.
July 26, "
Feb. 3, 1862.
Recall'd to serv'e of U. S. at his own request.
Promoted Colonel, Oct. 30, 1862.
Promoted Lieut. Colonel, Oct. 30, 1862.
Appointed Surgeon 2d Reg't Mass. Cavalry.
Dismissed the service, Dec. 10, 1862.
Promoted Major, July 19, 1862.
Promoted Major, March 26, 1862.
Promoted Major, Oct. 30, 1862.
Promoted Major, 2d Cavalry, Jan. 30, 1863.
Discharged as 1st Lieut., Sept. 13, 1862.
Promoted Captain, Nov. 25, 1862.
Promoted Captain, June 28, 1862.
Promoted Captain, Oct. 30, 1862.
Promoted Captain, Sept. 14, 1862.
" " March 26, "
Promoted Captain, July 19, 1862.
48
378 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
First Regiment of Cavalry — Continued.
[Jan.
Date of Commis-
NAMES.
Rank.
sions.
John G. Thayer, ....
First Lieutenant,
Feb. 4,
1862,
Francis Washburn, .
U li.
Mar. 7,
u
John L. Brigham, .
" "
7,
u
Henry Tallman Davis, .
(1 u
May 1,
11
H. Pelham Curtis, .
" "
July 19,
11
Henry P. Bowditch,
(( l.i
June 28,
(1
George Blagden,
(1 u
July 27,
11
William H. Forbes,
a a
27,
11
Lucius H. Morrill, .
" "
Sept. 14,
11
Nathaniel Bowditch,
" "
Oct. 30,
It
Horace N. Weld, .
Second Lieutenant, .
Dec. 19,
1861,
Myron C. Pratt,
" "
19,
11
Arnold A. Rand,
" *'
19,
11
John G. Thayer,
" "
19,
11
George F. Jennings,
u u
19,
11
H- Pelham Curtis, .
" "
19,
u
Henry Tallman Davis,
" "
Oct. 31,
11
Nathaniel Bowditch,
" "
Nov. 5,
((
Henry P. Bowditch,
" "
5,
11
Louis Cabot, .
" "
Dec. 26,
11
Francis Washburn, .
" "
26,
11
George Blagden,
" "
26,
1<
William H. Forbes,
a a
26,
u
Lucius H. Morrill, .
(C ((
Nov. 12,
(1
John Tewksbury, .
" "
Dec. 1,
1(
Horace M. Butler, .
" "
Mar. 26,
1862,
Charles G. Davis, .
" "
Feb. 4,
11
Alton E. Phillips, .
U 11
Mar. 7,
11
William Coupe,
(1 u
27,
11
Charles C. Parsons,
" "
Aug. 22,
11
Edward A. Flint, .
a u
Nov. 14,
u
Albert F. Ray,
u a
June 28,
11
Daniel H. L. Gleason,
" "
July 27,
11
Charles V. Holt, .
" "
27,
It
Frank W. Hayden,
l(. u
Sept. 14,
It
George M. Fillebrown,
u u
Oct. 30,
11
John A. Goodwin, .
a a
Dec. 14,
u
This regiment was organized and went into " Camp Brigham,"
Readville, Massachusetts, on the 9th and 16th of September,
1861. It remained there until December 25th, when the first
battalion, under Major Curtis, proceeded to Annapolis, Mary-
land. Tlie second battalion, under Major Edson, followed on
the 27th, and the remainder, under Major White, on the 29th
of the same month ; but these two battalions were stopped by
orders in New York, where they remained until the 13th of
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3.
First Regiment of Cavalry — Continued.
379
Discharged.
Waltham,
Lancaster,
Chelsea, .
Boston,
W. Roxbury,
Boston, .
Milton, .
New Bedford,
Boston, .
Holyoke, .
Boston, .
Waltham,
Boston, .
W. Roxbury,
Brookline,
Lancaster,
Boston, .
Milton, .
New Bedford,
Boston, .
Springfield,
Charlestown,
Chicopee,
Pawtucket,
Cambridge,
Boston, .
Haverhill,
Holden, .
Cambridge,
South Reading,
Foxborough,
Boston, .
Jan. 25, 1863,
Mar. 25
1862.
Dec. 13, 1862.
Captain, 2d Cavalry, Jan. 26, 1863.
Captain, 2d Cavalry, Jan. 13, 1863.
Promoted Captain, Feb. 7, 1862.
" 1st Lieut., Dec. 1, 1861.
" Captain, Feb. 4, 1862.
" 1st Lieut., Feb. 4, «
Promoted 1st Lieut., July 19, 1862.
" " May 1, "
" " Oct. 30, "
" " June 28, "
" " 2d Cav'y, Jan. 15, '63.
Promoted 1st Lieut., March 7, 1862.
" " July 27, "
" " u 27 '<
" " Sept. 14:,' «
" " March 27, "
January, 1862, when they embarked for Port Royal and Hilton
Head, S. C. Since leaving Massachusetts the entire regiment
has never been together, one battalion at least having always
been detached from the main body. The main body of the
regiment was rejoined by Major Curtis's battalion at Hilton
Head, in February, and the first and second battalions there
went into camp, first at Camp White and later within the limits
of the fortifications. The third battalion, under the command
380 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
first of Captain Keith, of Company G, and later of Lieutenant-
Colonel Sargent, proceeded, immediately, upon its arrival, to
Beaufort, and encamped in " Camp Williams." One Company,
G, of this battalion, under command of Captain Keith, was
ordered in February to Edisto Island, to join Brigadier-General
"Wright's command. Tliis disposition of the regiment was
unchanged until the month of May, 1862, when eight compa-
nies of the regiment, under command of Major Curtis, — Lieu-
tenant-Colonel Sargent being sick, and Colonel Williams acting
as Brigadier-General, — embarked for Edisto Island to take part
in the James Island expedition against Charleston, leaving two
companies at Hilton Head and two at Beaufort.
This regiment constituted the only cavalry in the department
of the south, and performed all the mounted duty in recon-
noissance, picket and orderly, in that campaign, but was not
actively engaged, being held in reserve in the action at Seces-
sionville, of June 16th. The two companies left at Beaufort
under command of Major Higginson also took part in an
unsuccessful expedition against Pocotaligo, on the 30th of May,
1862, but met with no loss. Upon the evacuation of James
Island, at the end of June, the regiment returned to Hilton
Head, and there remained until the 19th of August, when
orders having come for the regiment to proceed to Fortress
Monroe, detachments from eight companies embarked under
command of Colonel Williams, expecting that the remainder
would immediately follow. From Fortress Monroe this detach-
ment was ordered to Acquia Creek and thence to Alexandria.
The debarkation of the last of the horses took place at Alexan-
dria on the 2d of September, and, acting under positive orders
from the War Department, the regiment the next day, without
waiting to unload any of the regimental baggage, or, in the case
oftwo companies, a portion of their arms, marched to Tannally-
town, D. C, on the way to the Upper Potomac. The majority
of the horses were unshod on the hind feet, as they had been
used only on the sands of Hilton Head, and immediately began
to suffer from the change of climate, food and soil. The regi-
ment formed a part of Brigadier-General Pleasanton's Cavalry
Brigade during the advance, and took place in the various
affairs which preceded the battles of South Mountain and
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3. ' 381
Antietam. It was present and took part in these actions and
the rcconnoissances which followed, but was not actively
engaged.
Meanwhile an order was issued forbidding any further
detachments of the regiment from leaving Hilton Head, and
though this was afterwards revoked, in so far as the two battal-
ions in Maryland were concerned, no more men from Hilton
Head were able to join the command in the field until
November 5th.
On the 1st of October the portions of the eight companies in
the field were transferred from General Pleasanton's to General
Averill's brigade, and reported to him in camp at St. James
College, near Williamsport, Md. Subsequently it took part
with that brigade in its various marches and rcconnois-
sances, until the 30th of October, when the brigade moved to
join the advance across the Potomac. Four of the eight com-
panies then in Maryland had at this time been transferred,
under command of Lieutenant-Colonel Sargent, to Major-
General Fitz John Porter's army corps, and the horses of the
remaining four fragments of companies were so reduced by
defective shoeing, change of climate, excessive work, continu-
ous marches, insufficient and improper food and general expo-
sure, that less than forty horses were reported serviceable, and
these were on picket duty. Under these circumstances the
regiment was, at the request of Colonel Williams, ordered to
the camp near Hagerstown, Md., to recruit and procure
horses. Fragments of companies from Hilton Head, recruits
from Massachusetts and dismounted men from Washington
have reported at this camp ; horses have been procured, and
there are now in camp 566 enlisted men and 623 serviceable
horses.
From the battalion with Major-General Porter, under Lieu
tenant-Colonel Sargent, and the battalion at Port Royal, under
Major Stevens, no reports have lately been received, but the
numerical force of the regiment will not vary far from 1,160
men, and at least an equal number of horses.
Detachments from the companies at Port Royal have also
been engaged in expeditions against Jacksonville, Fla., and
a second unsuccessful expedition against Pocotaligo, S. C, of
which no reports have been received at head-quarters.
382 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
The regiment has been engaged in the following actions and
affairs, viz. : —
Affair at Pocotaligo, S. C, May 30th, 1862. No loss.
Action at Secessionville, S. C, June 16th, 1862. Three
wounded.
Affair at Poolesville, Md., September 5th, 1862. Cap-
tain S. E. Chamberlain, Lieutenant William Coupe and 33
men taken prisoners. Captain Chamberlain and 2 men
wounded.
Action of South Mountain, September 14tli, 1862. No loss.
Action of Antietam, September 17th, 1862. No loss.
Affair at Snickers' Gap, Va., September, 4th, 1862.
Captain Myron C. Pratt (Company G,) killed and 3 men
wounded.
Affair at Pocotaligo, S. C. Two wounded.
In addition to the above, 7 other men of the regiment have
been taken prisoners while on reconnoissances and doing picket
duty.
As many of the regimental books and papers have been lost,
and as men have been dismounted and sent to the rear from
time to time, others sent back and left in hospitals sick, and
otherwise been separated from the regiment, the number of
deserters cannot be accurately reported, but has not been great ;
probably not over 12 or 15. Fifteen deaths from disease are
reported, but others may have occurred which have never been
reported at head-quarters, in the various military hospitals, and
recently at Hilton Head. These probably will not carry the
total above 20. The losses may be estimated as follows : —
Deaths in action, 1 ; deaths from disease, 20 ; wounded in
action, 11 ; prisoners, 42 ; deserters, 12.
Colonel Williams has resigned the command of the regiment.
Majors White and Edson, Captains Gibbs, Shaw, Keith and
Batchelder, and Lieutenants Miles, Rice, Bowen, Brackett,
Hills, Jennings and Shiverick, have also resigned at various
times. Nine of the vacancies so created have been filled by
the promotion of enlisted men from the various companies, and
one from civil life. Some vacancies still exist.
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3. 383
The following is an abstract of the roster : —
1 Colonel recalled to service of United States at his own request.
1 Lieutenant-Colonel promoted Colonel.
1 Major promoted Lieutenant-Colonel.
2 Majors discharged.
1 Assistant-Surgeon promoted Surgeon 2d Regiment Mass. Vol.
3 Captains promoted Majors.
6 First Lieutenants promoted Captains.
11 Second Lieutenants promoted First Lieutenants.
1 Second Lieutenant has been taken from civil life.
14 Second Lieutenants have been taken from enlisted men.
37 Commissions have been made for this regiment during the year 1862.
384 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
FIRST UNATTACHED
[Jan.
NAMES.
Sank.
Date of Commis-
sions.
Samuel T. Reed, ....
Jonathan E. Cowen,
Benjamin Piekman,
Pickering D. Allen,
Captain, .
First Lieutenant, .
Second "
Feb. 20, 1862,
20, "
April 24, "
Feb. 20, "
The enlistment rolls for this squadron of Mounted Rifle
Rangers, Massachusetts Volunteers, were opened at the " Old
Post Office Building," No. 55, State Street, Boston, September
17th, 1861, by Captain S, Tyler Read. The conditions of
enrolment were very rigid as to character and standing, in
order that the best of men only should compose the squadron.
Regard was at the same time had to size, none being received
in the original organization who were under five feet nine
inches in height, or in weight over 160 pounds.
On November 15th, 1861, the first company of the squadron
was organized at " Camp Chase," Lowell, with the following
commissioned roster : Captain, S. Tyler Read, Attleborough,
Mass. ; First Lieutenant, J. Emerson Cowen, Fairhaven, Mass. ;
Second Lieutenant, Benjamin Pickman, Salem, Mass.
The men composing this company, as well as the second,
which was organized the 27th day of the following December,
were, as a body, the representatives of a high degree of talent
and wealth. It had been the aim of Captain Read to reach a
class of men, who could associate as soldiers, as congenially as
they had as civilians, and who need not be deterred from
coming forward to the help of their country, by unpleasant
and uncongenial associations ; in short, to enlist an organiza-
tion of high-toned gentlemen. Many of the first families of
the State had brothers and sons and friends in the ranks, as the
companies passed through Boston on their way to the war, on
the second day of January, 1862. They embarked that day
upon the United States transport " Constitution," for Ship
Island, Miss. The weather was intensely cold, and the Con-
stitution remained in Boston harbor until January 13th. They
weighed anchor that day, and arrived at Hampton Roads,
1863.]
HOUSE— No. 3.
COMPANY OP CAVALRY.
385
Residence.
Discharged.
Remarlcs.
Boston, .
Salem,
Dec. 20, 1802,
Promoted Captain 3cl Comp'y, Api-. 24, '62.
Promoted 1st Lieut., Jan. 1, 1863.
Ya., January 16tli ; remained there until February 4tli, and
arrived at Ship Island February 12th.
At Ship Island the two companies of rangers, which had
been separated, Captain Read commanding the senior company,
and the third company of unattached cavalry, were united by
order of General Phelps, as a battalion organization, and
Captain Read appointed Acting Major in command.
The horses, which had been especially purchased and selected
for the rangers, were of a most superior class, and all black.
One hundred and eighty of them had been shipped from Boston
in the United States transport Black Prince, sometime early in
January, and the rangers were to receive them on their arrival
at Ship Island. Only five of these beautiful horses reached
that destination, the remainder having been lost on the voyage.
The battalion organization continued very prosperously, until
the formation of General Butler's division into brigades, when
a company of cavalry was assigned to each. Captain Read,
with the first company of mounted rifle rangers, was assigned
to the First Brigade, General Phelps commanding.
On the 16tli of April the company embarked on board the
United States transport North America, for New Orleans,
which they entered among the first troops of the federal army.
Soon after their arrival, Lieutenant Cowen was taken danger-
ously ill, and was subsequently sent North to recover his health.
Lieutenant Peckman also, about the same time, fractured his
leg, his horse falling upon him, and was sent North. The
camp of the rangers in New Orleans was located on the corner
of Canal and Claiborne Streets, and was named " Camp
Dudley," in honor of Colonel Dudley of Massachusetts, now
Inspector-General of the Department of the Gulf.
49
386
ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
[Jan.
August 30th, 1862, the rangers were ordered to " Camp
Williams," on the right of the advance defences above Carroll-
ton ; on the 6th of September, a detachment of ten men under
Captain Read were sent out in pursuit of a party of guerrillas.
The rangers chased them to the borders of a swamp in which
the guerrillas took refuge. They then dismounted, hitched
their horses, dashed into the mud, water and underbrush, and
succeeded in taking fourteen prisoners.
Lieutenant Pickering D. Allen, of Salem, who had been
commissioned in the company, vice Lieutenant Cowen, com-
missioned Captain in Third Company of unattached Cavalry,
reported at " Camp Williams." He was soon afterwards ap-
pointed senior Aid-de-Camp on Brigadier-General Weitzel's Staff.
On the 1st of the following October the rangers were ordered
to CarroUton village, to act as Body Guard of Acting Major-
General T. W. Sherman. The miasma of the swamps around
" Camp Williams " had seriously impaired the general health of
the company, whose camp was now located on a beautiful green
near CarroUton Court-house. On the 19th of October a recon-
noissance, by two platoons of the company under Captain Read,
was made about thirty-five miles into the enemy's country, the
SECOND UITATTACHED
Date of Commis-
NAMES.
Bank.
sions.
James McGee, ....
Captain, .
Feb. 20, 1862,
Albert G. Bowles, ....
First Lieutenant, .
20, "
Joseph W. Morton,
Second "
20, "
Charles J. Batchelder, .
First "
July 14, "
Joseph W. Morton,
a u
Sept. 10, "
Edward E. II. Sturtevant,
Second "
10, "
Edward J. Noyes, ....
(1 u
Nov. 12, «
Preston Twitchell, ....
" "
Dec. 19, "
The Second Company was organized on the 27th of Decem-
ber, 1861, at " Camp Chase," Lowell, and on the 2d of January,
1862, took transport for conveyance to Ship Island. After
remaining in Boston Harbor twelve days, they started for
Fortress Monroe on the 14th of January, 1862, and, after four
days' sail, anchored in Hampton Roads. After remaining in
1863.]
HOUSE— No. 3.
387
march of about seventy miles being successfully accomplished
in twenty-five hours.
On November 4th another reconnoissance with a similar force
was made seventy miles into the enemy's country, four days
being employed in the march of about one hundred and forty
miles.
The vacancies occurring in the ranks have to some degree
been filled by recruitment in New Orleans. There has been a
loss of seven by decease, including one of the number recruited
in New Orleans. The names of the deceased are as follows : —
Privates Frank A. Starkey, Winslow, Maine ; George W.
Peabody, Topsfield, Mass. ; Albert D. Amsden, Grafton, Mass. ;
JobM. Moshier, Dartmouth, Mass. ; William Cosgrove, Mendon,
Mass. ; George Watson, New Orleans, La. ; Amos P. Searles,
Phillipston, Mass. From the original members of the company
there has not been a single desertion.
The following is an abstract of the roster : —
1 First Lieutenant promoted to Captain in Third Company.
1 Second Lieutenant promoted to First Lieutenant.
1 Sergeant promoted to Second Lieutenant.
COMPANY OF CAVALRY.
Kesidence.
Discharged.
Kemarks.
Roxbury,
Quincy, .
Lynn,
Quincy, .
Charlestown, .
-
On Staff of Military Gov. of Louisiana.
Promoted 1st Lieut., Sept. 10, 1862.
Died at St. James Hosp'l, N. 0., Sept. 9, '62.
Commission cancelled.
Appointed Captain 1st Texas Cavalry.
the Roads four days, they disembarked, and encamped on the
sand, under the guns of the Fort. The camp was registered
" Camp Deliverance," afterwards " Camp Stanton." They
remained there from the 23d of January until February 1st,
when they re-embarked, but remained in the Roads until the
evening of the 7th, when they sailed for Ship Island, which
388
ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
[Jan.
they readied ou the 12th of February. The company remained
at Ship Island until the 21st of May, when they were ordered
to report at New Orleans, and on the 22d, reported for duty in
the city. On the 15th of June they were ordered to Baton
Rouge, and on the 16th, reported for duty at that post. To
mention the daily reconnoissances and marches, would occupy
too much space, and therefore the most important only are
mentioned here. On the 27th of June, forty men were ordered
to make a reconnoissance in the direction of " Camp Moore."
At six, P. M., the company took up the line of march, and
during the night travelled nearly forty miles. After a short
halt at daylight they proceeded towards " Camp Moore." At
noon on the 28th, they surprised a camp of Mississippi
cavalry, numbering one hundred and two men, and after a
short skirmish routed them, with the loss of one sergeant, S. F.
Marshall, wounded and since died. Finding that our force
was too small to pursue the reconnoissance, the line of march
was taken up for camp, at eight, P. M,, and when eighteen
miles from camp the company was enfiladed by a party of
" guerrillas," and in the skirmish, two men were killed and
four wounded. They encamped on the ground where the attack
had been made, and on the morning of the 29th reached camp,
after an absence of forty-two hours. During the time, they
THIRD UNATTACHED
>f AMES.
Rank.
Date of Commis-
sions.
Henry A. Durivage,
Solon A. Perkins, ....
Reuben F. Yeaton,
Jonathan E. Cowen,
Captain, .
First Lieutenant, .
Second "
Captain, .
Feb. 20, 1862,
20, "
May 9, "
April 24, "
From the Third unattached Company I have received no
report, nor lias there been any sent to these head-quarters since
it left the Commonwealth, and therefore I can give no reliable
narrative of its services.
1863.]
HOUSE— No. 3.
389
marched one liuiulred and ten miles, and engaged tlie enemy
twice.
On the 23d of June, the company made a second rcconnois-
sanco in the direction of " Camp Moore," accompanied by
artillery and infantry, destroying two camps of the enemy,
with the loss of one man wounded. The company was at the
battle of Baton Rouge, and although not actively engaged as a
company, yet received honorable notice for vigilance ou outpost
duty, thus contributing to the success of the troops engaged.
On the 20th of August the company was again removed to
New Orleans, where it remained on the 30th of November.
In the Second Company there have died of disease, 6 ; killed
in battle, 2 ; died of wounds, 2 ; discharged for disability, 24 ;
for promotion, 2 ; wounded in action, 6 ; deserted, 4 ; enlisted,
55 ; recovered from wounds, 3.
The following is an abstract of the roster : —
1 First Lieutenant promoted on Staff of Militaiy Governor of Louisianna.
1 Second Lieutenant promoted First Lieutenant.
1 Second Lieutenant died at St. James Hospital.
1 Second Lieutenant promoted Captain First Texas Cavalry.
1 First Lieutenant from enlisted men.
3 Second Lieutenants from enlisted men.
8 Commissions have been made for this company during the year 1862.
COMPANY OF CAVALRY.
Kesidence.
Discharged.
Kemarks.
Boston, .
Lowell, .
_ _
Drowned in Mississippi River, Apr. 23, 1862.
The followina; is an abstract of the roster : —
1 Captain drowned in Mississippi River.
4 Commissions have been made for this company during the year 1862.
390 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
FIRST LIGHT BATTERY.
[Jan.
Date of Commis-
sions.
Josiah Porter,
Captain,
Aug.
23,
1861,
"William Henry McCartney, .
First Lieutenant, .
23,
((
Caleb C. E. Mortimer, .
Second
''
23,
u
Edward J. Jones, ....
Third
23,
u
Jacob Henry Sleeper,
Second
Sept.
23,
tl
Jacob Federhen, ....
Third
23,
li
Robert L. Sawin, ....
Fourth
Aug.
23,
u
Jacob Federhen
First
Sept.
21,
1862,
Robert L. Sawin, ....
Second
21,
((
Milburv Green, ....
a
21,
a
Josiah Porter,
Captain
.
Dec.
1,
((
"William 11. McCartney, .
u
.
Sept.
28,
a
George 0. Manning,
Second Lieutenant, .
28,
a
Robert L. Sawin, ....
First
(1
28,
a
1 have received no official report from this battery, which I
regret, as its history is one of importance, and should be
known. It has been longer in service than any one that has
gone from the Commonwealth.
The company was sent into camp at " Camp Cameron," Aug.
27th, 1861, where it remained until the 3d of October, when it
received orders to proceed to Washington, at once. It was
recruited to the maximum. Its armament consisted of two
sis-pounders, smooth bore ; two ditto, rifled ; and two twelve-
pound howitzers. The six-pounders were changed at Washing-
ton, by order of General Barry, Chief of Artillery, for four
ten-pound Parrott guns. After remaining some time in camp
on Capitol Hill, " Camp Duncan," and taking part in the grand
review of cavalry and artillery in October, the company was
ordered across the Potomac, and was assigned to Franklin's
Division. The company remained during the winter near
Fairfax Seminary, three miles from Alexandria, at " Camp
Revere," named by Captain Porter in honor of his friend and
classmate. Major Paul Revere, of the Twentieth Regiment,
who had distinguished himself by gallant conduct at Ball's
Bluff, and had been taken prisoner and sent to Richmond.
The company was in the advance when the cl^iny of the
Potomac left its winter quarters, and marched to meet the
enemy at Manassas. When the army of the Potomac pro-
1863.]
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391
FIRST LIGHT BATTERY.
liesideiicc.
Cambridge,
Boston, .
Charlestown,
Boston,
Roxbuvy,
Cambridge,
Boston, .
West Roxbmy,
Boston, .
Discharfjod.
Sept. 27, 1862.
Sept. 20, 18G2,
Promoted Captain, Sept. 28, 18G2.
Commission cancelled.
u u
Promoted Captain 10th Battery.
Promoted Jr. 1st Lieut, Sept. 21, 1802.
" Sr. 2d Lieut., April 21, "
Promoted 1st Lieut., Sept. 28, 1862.
Declined to accept commission.
ceeded to the Peninsula at Yorktown, the First Battery
remained with General McDowell, and marched into Virginia,
to a point seven or eight miles below Manassas. The division
was then ordered back to Alexandria, with orders to join
McClellan before Yorktown.
After the evacuation of that place, the division, of which this
battery formed a part, proceeded up York River, and effected a
landing at West Point. From West Point the battery was
always in advance of the column until it reached the Chicka-
hominy River. A section of the battery accompanied the
first reconnoissance made to Mechanicsville.
The battery has been with the army of the Potomac during the
entire term of its organization ; was in the whole of the Penin-
sula campaign, including the memorable seven days' fighting.
It joined in the retreat from Harrison's Landing ; joined
General Pope at Bull Run, and behaved with great bravery
during that unfortunate campaign. It was again transferred to
General McClellan's army, and took part in the Maryland
campaign. It has taken an active part in the following
battles and skirmishes, viz. : West Point, Mechanicsville,
Gaines' Mill, Charles City Cross-roads, Malvern Hill, Bull Run,
Crampton's Pass, South Mountain, Antietam and Fredericks-
burg.
392 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
From a letter which I received a few days ago, from Captain
Porter, who commanded the battery until recently, I make the
following extract: —
" I have not the means at hand to give you a list of the losses by
battle and sickness. Our losses, however, are comparatively small.
We esteemed ourselves extremely fortunate, not only in battle, but in
escaping fever, and other ills, when they abounded in regiments around
us. During the winter we lived in tents, and were remarkably free
from sickness. Indeed, we never lost a man, except in battle, and one
who was killed by being run over, till we got to Harrison's Landing.
At the battle of Fredericksburg the battery was under the command of
Lieutenant McCartney. It still makes part of the division to which it
was originally attached, now I believe known as Brooks' Division.
" I recruited twenty men last August. Our armament was changed
a second time when we were at Harrison's Landing, and now consists
of six light 12-pounders, sometimes called the 'Napoleon Gun.' "
LTpon the resignation of Captain Porter, First Lieutenant
McCartney was promoted Captain, and now commands the
company. For its bravery and good conduct at the battle
of Fredericksburg, it received the thanks of the commanding
general on the field, and has been honorably mentioned in
general orders.
The following is an abstract of the roster : —
1 Captain discharged.
1 First Lieutenant promoted Captain Tenth Battery.
2 Second Lieutenants promoted First Lieutenants.
1 Second Lieutenant from enlisted men.
5 Commissions have been made for this battery during the year 1862.
Head-Quarters Inspector of Artillery, U. S. A., )
Washington, Dec. 3d, 1862. |
His Excellency John A. Andrew, Governor of Massachusetts :
Governor, — I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your printed
letter, dated Nov. 7th, 1862. No copy of the " Circular" alluded to therein
having been furnished me, I am unable to give to your inquiries those detailed
answers Avhich seem to be desired.
I have great gratification, however, in being able to state, in general terms,
my high satisfaction with that portion of the artillery from the State of Massa-
chusetts, which has been under my command while Chief of Artillery of the
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3. 393
army of the Potomac, from July 29th, 1861, to August 29th, 1862, and since
then, to the present time, while Inspector of Artillery of the whole army of
the United States.
The following named batteries have at diflerent times been under my com-
mand, viz. : 1st, Captain Porter, (now Capt. McCartney) ; 2d, Captain Nims;
3d, Captain Follett, (now Capt. Martin) ; 5th, Captain EppendorfF, (subse-
quently Capt. Allen, now Capt. Philips) ; 9th, Captain De Vecchi ; 10th,
Captain Sleeper; 11th, Captain yJones.
The officers and men of these batteries have been generally distinguished
for a high order of intelligence, for aptitude in acquiring the theory, and
promptness in executing the practice of their special service. They have
generally been conspicuous for good discipline, and as far as they came under
my observation, for courage and conduct under fire.
Where so much depends, as is the case in the artillery, upon the energy
and capacity of the officers, (and particularly of the captains,) I would most
urgently recommend the importance of giving the new batteries, as they come
into the field, the benefit of the experience and acquired information of a
portion of the officers of the older batteries, by promoting to each of the
former, for Captain and Senior First Lieutenant, two of the most competent
of the latter. This system, which operates alike beneficially upon the old, as
well as upon the new batteries, commends itself by many obvious advantages,
and has, when pursued by the Executives of several States, as respectfully
recommended by me, been found in practice to attain the ends desired.
I am. Governor, very respectfully.
Your obedient servant,
William F. Barry, Brigadier-General, Inspector of Artillery.
394 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
SECOND LIGHT BATTERY.
[Jan.
NAMES.
Kank.
Date of Commis-
sions.
Ormand F.
Nims, . . . .
Captain
July
31,
1861,
John ^Y. Wolcott,
First
Lieutenant, .
81,
u
John Bifjelovv,
Second
31,
a
George G.
Trull,
Third
31,
u
Ric-hard B.
Hall,
Fourth
31,
a
Geori^e G.
Trull,
First
Dec.
18,
a
Richard B.
Hall,
u
18,
u
William Marland,
Second
18,
((
Warren K.
Snow,
u
Feb.
21,
1862,
William M
arland,
First
Oct.
22,
(;
Edward K.
Russell,
Second
22,
u
This company was projected originally by Major Cobb, who
had gained considerable distinction as a good artillery officer in
our militia service. Before the battery left the State, private
engagements rendered it necessary for him to decline serving
with the battery. Captain Nims, also an excellent artillery
officer, was then appointed captain, and has remained in
command ever since.
The battery was mustered into the United States service to
serve for three years, or until the end of the war, July 31st,
1861. On the 8th of August they broke camp and proceeded
to Baltimore, Md., where they arrived on the 11th of August,
and went into camp at " Camp Clare," which was afterwards
called " Camp Andrew." On the 4th of November they were
sent on an expedition under command of Brigadier-General
Lockwood, called the " Eastern Shore, Va., Expedition," and
after an absence of forty-one days, they returned to " Camp
Andrew," at Baltimore, Md. On the 25th of February, 1862,
they received orders to sail for Fortress Monroe, where they
arrived the next day, and went into camp at Old Point Comfort,
Va., under command of Colonel Weber, New York Volunteers.
They remained there until the 19th of April, when they
received orders to embark on transport ship, and report to
Major-General B. F. Butler, commanding " Department of the
Gulf." After a passage of thirty-two days they reached New
Orleans, La., and went into camp at " Camp Pelican," Pelican
Cotton Press.
1863.]
HOUSE— No. 3.
SECOND LIGHT BATTERY.
395
Kosldeiice.
Discharged.
Kemarks.
Boston, .
lloxbury,
Cambridge,
Boston, .
a
a
a
Andover, .
Boston, .
Andover, .
Chelsea, .
Dec. 18, 1861.
18, "
Promoted 1st Lieut., Dec. 18, 1861.
" Captain 4th Battery, Oct. 21, '62.
Promoted 1st Lieut., Oct. 22, 1862.
On the 31st of May they embarked on transports, and sailed
for Baton Rouge, La., where they arrived on the 2d of June,
and went into camp, under command of Brigadier-General
Williams. On the 19th of June they sailed for Yicksburg,
Miss., and on the 24th of June they landed at " Grand Gulf,
Miss." The first section that landed fired a few shots at the
rebels, who retreated. The next day they landed, and went
into camp opposite Yicksburg, Miss. On the 28th of June, the
battery took part in the bombardment of Yicksburg, and
although they were under the concentrated fire of twenty-one
heavy guns for one hour and three-quarters, they did not have a
man killed or wounded. On the 24th of July the battery
embarked and returned to Baton Rouge, where they arrived
the 26th, and went into camp.
On the 5th of August the camp was aroused by an advance
of the rebels, under the command of the rebel General Breck-
inridge, and after a fight of over five hours, the rebels were
obliged to retreat. In this engagement this battery lost but
two men, wounded. On the 21st of August the battery
embarked for Carroll ton, La., where they arrived the next day,
and quartered in the depot at that place. On the 24th of
August they marched to the New Orleans Race Course, and
went into the camp called " Camp Williams," under command
of Colonel Dudley, of the Thirtieth Regiment Massachusetts
Yolunteers, who was then Acting Brigadier-General. On the 2d
of September they marched to New Orleans, and went into
396
ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
[Jan.
camp at " Camp Tiroli," under command of Colonel Birge,
Thirteenth Connecticut Regiment, who was then Acting Briga-
dier-General. On the 24th of September Brigadier-General
Arnold assumed command of the troops in New Orleans and
Algiers, La.
The total loss of this battery since leaving the Common-
wealth, up to the 10th of November, is as follows : Loss by
disease, 10 ; by desertion, 2 ; wounded in battle, 2.
THIRD LIGHT BATTERY.
NAMES.
Eank.
Date of Commis-
sions.
Dexter H. FoUett,, .
Augustus P. Martin,
Caleb C. E. Mortimer,
Valentine M. Dunn,
William W. Sneiling,
Augustus P. Martin,
Caleb C. E. Mortimer,
Valentine M. Dunn,
Philip H. Tyler, .
Aaron F. Walcott, .
Valentine M. Dunn,
Philip H. Tyler, .
Aaron F. Walcott, .
Thomas M. Cargill, .
Aaron F. Walcott, .
Thomas R. Cargill, .
William H. FoUett, .
Captain, .
First Lieutenant, .
Second "
Third "
Fourth "
Captain, .
First Lieutenant, .
Second "
" "
First "
" "
Second "
First "
Second "
Sept. 5, 1861,
5, "
5, «
5, "
6, "
Nov. 28, "
28, «
28, "
28, "
28, "
June 29, 1862,
29, "
29, "
29, "
Oct. 12, »
12, "
12, «
This battery was organized September 5th, 1861, and
recruited by Captain Dexter H. Follett, in Boston. At the
time of its organization the number of commissioned oflficers
was 5 ; the number of enlisted men, 153 ; aggregate, 158 ; of
whom 137 were born in this country, 12 in Ireland, 2 in
England, 6 in the British Provinces and 1 in France.
The whole number of commissioned officers and enlisted
men connected with the battery since its organization is 195 ;
of which number 171 were born in this country, 14 in Ireland,
6 in the British Provinces, 2 in England and 2 in France. The
number of recruits received since its organization is 37 ; of
which number 34 were born in this country, 2 in Ireland and 1
in France ; 1 recruit joined at Alexandria, Va., March 16th,
1863.]
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397
The battery is still stationed in the " Dopartmcnt of the
Gulf," now under the command of Major-Gencral Banks.
The following is an abstract of the roster : —
1 First Lieutenant promoted Captain Fourth Battery.
3 Second Lieutenants promoted First Lieutenants.
3 Second Lieutenants taken from enlisted men.
3 Commissions have been made for this Battery during the year 1862.
THIRD LIGHT BATTERY.
Residence.
Discharged.
Eemarks.
Boston, .
Nov. 27, 1861.
(C
Promoted Captain, Nov. 28, 1861.
Charlestown, .
" Sr. 1st Lieut, Nov. 28, 1861.
u
" Jr. " " 28, "
Boston, .
a
Disch'd by sentence Ct. Martial, Dec. 20, '61.
Charlestown, .
Died of wounds, July 28, 1862.
((
Promoted Sr. 1st Lieut., June 29, 1862.
u
" Jr. " " 29, "
Boston, .
" Sr. 2d " • " 29, «
Charlestown,' .
_
- -
a
Oct. 11, 1862.
- -
Boston, .
.
Promoted Jr. 1st Lieut., Oct. 12, 1862.
Koxbury,
.
Sr. 2d " " 12, "
Boston, .
_ _
— _
Roxbury,
-
-
Boston, .
~ —
— —
1862 ; 28 at Hall's Hill, Va., September 6th, 1862, and 8 at
camp near Sharpsburg, Md.,. September 28th, 1862.
September 5th, 1861, the men went into camp at Lynnfield.
October 7th, they broke camp, proceeded to Boston and thence
by Worcester and "Western Railroad, and through New York,
Philadelphia and Baltimore, arriving in Washington on the
11th. They encamped at " Camp Duncan," on East Capitol
Street. 17th, marched to Hall's Hill, Ya., and joined Brigadier-
General Fitz John Porter's Division, where the battery remained
until March 10, 1862, at which time a general advance of the
army was made, under command of Major-General George B.
McClellan.
398 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
March 10th, 1862, they marched to Fairfax Court-house ; and
15th, to near Alexandria. 21st, they marched to Alexandria
and embarked for Fortress Monroe, Va. 24th, disembarked at
Fortress Monroe, marched via Hampton, to camp near New
Market Bridge. 27th, made a reconnoissance with Morell's
and Butterfield's Brigades to Big Bethel, returning to camp at
New Market Bridge at night.
April 4th, marched to Howard's Mills ; 5th, marched to near
Yorktown, where they came in sight of the enemy's entrench-
ments about noon, the date of the first action of the battery ;
8th, broke camp before Yorktown and marched to Yorktown ;
9th, embarked for "West Point, Ya. ; 10th, arrived at "West
Point; 11th and 12th, disembarked; 13th, marched to Cumber-
land ; 15th, to White House ; 19th, to Tunstall's Station ; 21st,
to Ayers' Hill ; 22d, to near Goodley Holey's Swamp ; 26th,
to near Gaines' Mills ; 27th, to near Hanover Court-house,
(second action of battery,) ; 28th, to near Peak's Station ;
29th, returned to camp near Gaines' Mills.
June 26th, marched to Mechanicsville ; 27th, returned to
Gaines' Mills, at both of which places the battery was in action.
They then crossed the Chickahominy to near Savage's Station
in the evening. 28th, marched to White Oak Swamp; 29th,
to Charles City Cross-roads ; 30th, to Malvern Hill, where,
on July 1st, the battery was in action ; 2d, marched to Har-
rison's Landing.
August 15th, to and across Chickahominy River ; 16th,
to Williamsburg ; 17th, to Big Bethel ; 18th, to Newport
News ; 19th, to Hampton and embarked for Acquia Creek, on
board steamer " City of Norwich."
They arrived at Acquia Creek and disembarked August 21st,
1862 ; 22d, marched to Falmouth, Ya. ; 23d, to Deep Run; 24th,
to Rock Run; 26th, to Barnett's Ford; 27th, to Warrenton
Junction ; 28th, to Manassas Junction ; 29th, to near Gainesville ;
30th, to Centre ville.
September 1st, marched to near Chain Bridge ; 2d, to Hall's
Hill; 7th, to Fairfax Seminary; 8th, to Upton's Hill; 12th,
to Leesboro', Md., via Washington ; 13th, to Little Seneca
Creek, Md. ; 14th, to near Frederick, Md, ; 15th, to near Boons-
boro' ; 16th, to near Antietam Creek ; 17th, they were held
in reserve during the action of that day ; 19th, they marched
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3. 399
through Sharpsburg, Md,, to near Blackford's Ford; 20th,
they took position on the bank of the Potomac, near Black-
ford's Ford, to cover the crossing and re-crossing of our
infantry over the river ; and the battery was engaged. It
remained in position on the bank of the river until October
30th, 1862.
October 16th, one section made a reconnoissance to Lees-
boro', Va., and returned 17th ; 30th, they marched to within
three miles of Harper's Ferry, Va. ; 31st, through Harper's
Perry, and encamped about three miles distant on the Virginia
side.
November 2d, marched to near Snicker's Gap ; 6th, to near
Middleburg ; 7th, to White Plains ; 8th, to near New Balti-
more ; 9th, to near Warrenton, Va., where they were on the
10th of November, 1862.
Since that time the battery has been on the Rappahannock,
and was engaged in the severe battle at Fredericksburg. It is
now near Falmouth, Va.
April 5th, 1862, the whole battery was engaged before York-
town, the right half on Warwick road, the left half on Warwick
road about three-quarters of a mile further south. Casualties —
two men killed, three men wounded.
May 27th, 1862, two pieces were engaged under command
of Lieutenant Dunn, at Harris's Farm, near Peak's Railroad
Station, (Hanover Court-house.) Casualties — two men wound-
ed, one mortally.
June 26th and 27th, the battery was engaged at Mechanics-
ville and Gaines' Mills, officially called the battle of the Chick-
ahominy. Casualties — 26th, one man wounded ; 27th, one
officer mortally wounded, two men wounded, one mortally.
July 1st, the battery was engaged at Malvern Hill — no casu-
alties.
September 20th, the battery was engaged at Blackford's
Ford — no casualties.
October 16th, one section of the battery, under Lieutenant
Cargill, made a reconnoissance with Brigadier-General Hum-
phreys, to near Leestown, Va. ; were engaged on the 16th ; one
man slightly wounded. The section returned on the 17th.
The losses from various causes were as follows : Resigna-
tion of officers, 2 ; discharged by sentence of general court
400
ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
[Jan.
martial, 1 officer, 1 man ; discharged by reason of disability,
12 ; by special order, 11, (3 men improperly enlisted, and 8 to
make room for recruits ;) the last mentioned were men unfit
for duty, and inmates of hospitals for a long time ; by reason
of commission in the Eighth Massachusetts Battery, 1 ; deser-
tion, 6 ; killed in action and died of wounds received in action,
1 officer, 4 men ; died in hospitals from disease, 3 men. Total,
42, officers and men.
FOURTH LIGHT BATTERY.
Date of Commis-
If A M E S .
Eank.
sions.
Charles H. Manning-,
Captain, .
Nov. 27,
1861,
Frederic W. Reinhardt, .
First Lieutenant, .
27,
Joseph R. Salla, ....
" "
27,
Henry Davidson, ....
Second "
27,
George W. Taylor, ....
u u
27,
Henry Davidson, ....
First "
Aug. 17,
George W. Taylor, ....
Second "
17,
Joseph B. Brisgs, ....
u a
17,
George W. Taylor, ....
First "
Sept. 17,
Joseph B. Briggs, ....
Second "
17,
J. H. Hapgood, ....
u a
17,
George G. Trull, ....
Captain, .
Oct. 21,
Joseph B. Briggs, ....
First Lieutenant, .
1,'
Kenneth M. Dean, ....
Second "
Jan. 1,
1863,
This battery was raised by Captain C. H. Manning, and went
into camp at Lowell, Mass., " Camp Chase," on the 23d of
September, 1861, for instruction and drill, where it remained
until November 20th, when it embarked on board the
transport steamer Constitution, and sailed for Ship Island
Miss., where it arrived December 3d, and landed the following
day. They remained at this place, doing garrison duty at Fort
Massachusetts, until April 15th, when they embarked on board
the transport ship North America, for the Mississippi River ;
remained at the head of the Passes during the bombardment
of Forts Jackson and St. Philip ; were present at the surrender
ef these forts, and amongst the first to enter after the siege.
They proceeded up the river, and arrived at New Orleans
May 2d, 1862 ; remained in the city three days, and on the 6th
landed at " Camp Parapet," Carrollton, eight miles above the
city of New Orleans.
1863.]
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401
Present strength, 4 officers, 149 men. Total, 153.
The following is an abstract of the roster: —
1 Captain discharged.
1 First Lieutenant died of wounds.
■3 Second Lieutenants promoted First Lieutenants.
1 Second Lieutenant discharged by Court Martial.
4 Second Lieutenants have been taken from enlisted men.
7 Commissions have been made for this battery during the year 1862.
FOURTH LIGHT BATTERY.
Discharged.
Salem,
Boston,
Salem,
South Danvers,
Salem,
South Danvers,
Boston, .
South Danvers,
Oct. 20, 1862.
Sept. 16, 1862.
Dropped from rolls, Sept. 30, 1862.
Dismissed, July 30, 1862.
Promoted Jr. 1st Lieut., Aug. 17, 1862.
" Sr. 2d " " 17, "
Promoted Jr. 1st Lieut., Sept. 17, 1862.
" Sr. 2d " " 17, "
Promoted 1st Lieut., Oct. 1, 1862.
On the 15th of June they received orders from Head-
Quarters, Department of the Gulf, for one section of the battery,
with rifled 12-pounders, under command of a lieutenant, to
proceed next morning to the lake end of the Carrollton Rail-
road, and report to Lieutenant-Colonel Kimball, Twelfth Regi-
ment Maine Volunteers. They arrived agreeably to order, and
embarked on board steamer J. M. Brown, with four companies
Twelfth Regiment Maine Volunteers, and arrived at Pass
Manchac the following morning, in company with the TJ. S.
steamer New London and steamer Grey Cloud. One of the
guns was transferred from the J. M. Brown to the Grey Cloud,
with a detachment of men, and the commander of the section,
Lieutenant George W. Taylor. They proceeded up the river
in the following order: Grey Cloud, New London, and J. M.
Brown. The Grey Cloud got aground, and before she could
back off, the New London went past and took the lead. Soon
61
402 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
after this, on rounding a bend in the river, they were fired
upon by a battery on the shore. Our men immediately brought
their guns to bear, and after firing about twenty rounds
(besides the New London) the rebels abandoned their guns and
camp, leaving every thing in our hands. The rebel battery
mounted two 32-pounders, and in good hands would have
proved formidable. Our men seized all the camp equipage and
commissary stores, and after spiking the guns, burning the car-
riages, and otherwise rendering them unserviceable, commenced
tearing up the track of the New Orleans and Jackson Railroad.
They then proceeded to the other Pass, and o^ their arrival
there found that the rebels had abandoned two 32-pounder gun
batteries, having been alarmed by our firing, and by the
explosion of the shells which we had thrown down the track at
the retreating enemy, in that direction. This camp was distant
some two miles from the former. The guns here were ren-
dered unserviceable, as in the former instance, and after lying
at the bridge all night, our men started for Madisonville, on the
Tangipaho River. They expected to find a band of rebels at
this place, but none were to be seen, excepting a rebel colonel,
whom they made prisoner, and a few others. They next pro-
ceeded to Mandeville, on the lake shore. They found no rebels
at this place, and the object of the expedition having been
accomplished, they returned to camp June 20th.
They received orders, June 24th, 1862, for the howitzer
section, under command of a lieutenant, to report at Algiers
(opposite New Orleans) the following morning. Lieutenant
Henry Davidson, in command of the section, left camp June
25th, and after staying at Algiers two days, and their services
being no longer required, returned.
Received orders July 10th, 1862, to embark on board steamer
and proceed to Baton Rouge, La. Started next morning, and
arrived at Baton Rouge July 12th ; encamped in the U. S.
Arsenal grounds. Soon after were ordered to encamp on the
Clay Cut Turnpike, leading out of the city to " Camp Moore."
After remaining here about a week were ordered back to the
arsenal.
Q/i the 4th of August received orders to be in line of battle
the following morning, in expectation of an attack.
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3. 403
One section, (howitzers,) under command of Lieutenant
Davidson, took its place at the appointed time on an eminence
on the left of the line, supported by the Fourth Wisconsin and
Ninth Connecticut Volunteers; the other two sections, (12-
pounder rifled,) under command of Captain Manning, in the
cemetery on the left also. At sunrise, the pickets on our
extreme right were vigorously attacked by the ei«3my, and in a
very short time the whole right and centre became hotly
engaged. General Williams, who had been near for some time,
gave the order, " Limber up, and take a position further to the
right." Took position to the left of the Fourteenth Maine
Regiment, and commenced throwing shell and spherical case
shot. A rebel battery opened on us with solid shot, but was
soon completely silenced. The first section, under command of
Lieutenant Reinhardt, proceeded to the right when the firing
commenced, and opened on the enemy at about fifty yards.
Owing to the thickness of the fog, the enemy were not supposed
to be so near. The rebels seeing them, at once directed their
fire in so effectual a manner, as to kill and disable nearly every
one of the horses belonging to gun No. 1, when they were
ordered to withdraw to a position farther to the rear. The third
section, under command of Captain Manning, having remained
in the cemetery, now joined the first and second, and the bat-
tery went to the right of the Twenty-First Indiana Regiment.
The fire of the enemy at this place was very hot, and Colonel
Dudley, in command of the right, ordered this battery to take
a position to the rear, which they did accordingly, but the last
charge of the Twenty-First Indiana decided the fate of the day,
and the battle of Baton Rouge proved a victorious day to the
forces of the Union. The battery had one man killed and five
wounded.
Earthworks were thrown up around the U. S. Arsenal
grounds, and all the troops were ordered inside. Guns were
planted, and every thing made ready for the reception of the
rebels.
August 21st, the battery embarked on board the steamer,
and arrived at Carrollton the next day, where they took quar-
ters in the railroad depot; 26th, they arrived at " Camp Wil-
liams," (named in honor of the hero of Baton Rouge.) Owing
404
ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
[Jan.
to the low character of the ground on which the encampment
was pitched, many of the men sickened with fever and ague and
congestive fever,
October 4th, orders were received for one section of the bat-
tery to report the following morning to Brigadier-General
Arnold, commanding at Algiers. Lieutenant Joseph B. Briggs
and 32 men, with two 12-pounders, (rifle,) were detached for
this service, and up to date were serving as above. Owing to
the continued sickness of the men, and the number increasing,
the battery received orders 28th, to proceed to Fort Pike, La.,
to recruit their health. They embarked on board the steamer
FIFTH LIGHT BATTERY.
■*
Date of Oommis-
KAME8.
Rank.
sions.
Max Eppendorff, ....
Captain, .
Oct.
2.3, 1861.
George D. Allen, .
First Lieutenant, .
Sept
28, "
John B. Hyde,
Second "
Oct.
8, "
Robert A. Dillingham,
Third "
8, "
Charles A. Phillips,
Fourth "
8, "
George D. Allen, .
Captain, .
Jan.
25, 1862,
John B. Hyde,
First Lieutenant, .
25, "
Robert A. Dillingham,
H (1
25, "
Charles A. Phillips,
Second "
25, "
Henry D. Scott,
" "
25, "
Charles A. Phillips,
First "
July
13, "
Henrv D. Scott,
" "
13, "
Peleg W. Blake, .
Second "
13, "
Frederic A. Lull,
" "
Aug.
1, "
Charles A. Phillips, .
Captain, .
Oct.
18, "
Frederic A. Lull, ,
First Lieutenant, .
18, "
Joseph E. Spear,
Second "
18, "
The Fifth Massachusetts Battery was organized in Septem-
ber, 1861, by Lieutenants George D. Allen and John B. Hyde.
On the 30th of September the battery went into camp at
" Camp Schouler," Lynnfield, under command of Lieutenant
Allen.
On the 23d of October Max Eppendorff was appointed Cap-
tain, Robert A. Dillingham, Senior Second Lieutenant, and
Charles A. Phillips, Junior Second Lieutenant ; Lieutenants
Allen and Hyde having been previously commissioned Senior
and Junior Firtt Lieutenants.
1863.]
HOUSE— No. 3.
405
at the Lake end of the Carrollton Railroad 29th, and arrived
at the Fort the same evening.
The battery was still at the Fort at our latest advices, and in
improved health.
The following is an abstract of the roster : —
1 Captain discharged.
1 First Lieutenant dismissed the service.
3 Second Lieutenants promoted First Lieutenants.
3 Second Lieutenants have been taken from enlisted men.
9 Commissions have been made for this battery during the year 1862.
FIFTH LIGHT BATTERY.
Residence.
Dischar
ged.
Eemarks.
New Bedford, .
Jan.
24,
1862.
Maiden, .
.
,
Promoted Captain, Jan. 25, 1862.
New Bedford, .
•
•
" Sr. 1st Lieut., Jan. 25, 1862.
" Jr. " " 25, "
Salem,
Sr. 2d " " 25, "
Maiden, .
Oct.
17,
1862.
_ _
New Bedford, .
-July
12,
u
-
u n
12,
u
- _
Salem,
Promoted Sr. 1st Lieut., July 13, 1862.
New Bedford, .
.
" Jr. " " 13, "
Salem,
.'
.
" Captain, Oct. 18, 1862.
New Bedford, .
-
-
-
Cambridge,
Promoted 1st Lieut., Oct. 18, 1862.
Salem,
-
-
- -
Cambridge,
-
-
-
Quincy, .
"~
—
— ~
On the 14th of November the battery moved to " Camp Mas-
sasoit," Readville.
On the 25th of December, the battery, having been supplied
with four rifled 6-pounders and two 12-pounder howitzers, left
Readville and arrived in Washington December 27th. The
next day they went into camp at " Camp Duncan," Capitol
Hill, afterwards called " Camp Sumner."
On the 25th of January, 1862, Captain Bppendorff resigned
his commission and the other officers were promoted in order.
On the 12th of February the guns were exchanged for six
406 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
3-incli rifled guns; 13th, the battery marched to Hall's Hill,
Va., and reported to Brigadier-General Fitz John Porter,
commanding the division.
On the 18th of March the battery marched to " Camp Cali-
fornia," near Alexandria, and on the 21st, with Porter's divi-
sion, embarked for Fortress Monroe, arriving there on the 24th,
and immediately marched to New Market Bridge and camped.
On the 4th of April the army commenced its advance upon
Yorktown. Upon arriving at Howard's Mills the enemy were
discovered in position ; the right section of the Fifth Battery
moved to the front and drove them out of the works. The
next day the division marched near Yorktown, the battery
exchanging a few shots with the enemy.
The battery remained in front of Yorktown at " Camp
Winfield Scott," until the evacuation of the town. A portion
of the guns were constantly on picket, but the battery took
part in no serious engagement.
On the 9th of May the battery embarked on transports in
the York River, and arrived the next day at West Point. Gen-
eral Porter having been assigned to command the Fifth Provis-
ional Army Corps, the division came under the command of
Brigadier-General George W. Morell. The battery marched
with the division to the Chickahominy without any battles or
mishaps ; 13th, they marched from West Point to Cumberland ;
15th, from Cumberland to White House ; 19th, from White
House to Tunstall's Station; 21st, from Tunstall's to Cold
Harbor; 22d, from Cold Harbor to Barker's Mills; 26th, to
Dr. Gaines' Farm. On the 27th the division marched to
Hanover Court-house and defeated the enemy under General
Branch. The battery took no active part in the engagement.
On the 29th the division returned to their camp on Dr. Gaines'
Farm.
During the month of June, 1862, the battery was constantly
engaged on picket duty on the Chickahominy, and though at
times exposed to fire, none of its members were injured.
On the 27th of June, General Porter's corps were defeated
in the battle of " Gaines' Mills," or "The Chickahominy."
The Fifth Battery was placed on the left of the line, supported
by General Butterfield's Brigade. About five o'clock in the
afternoon, the enemy, having succeeded in driving Butterfield's
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3. 407
Brigade out of the woods in front of the battery, charged upon
the guns. The force immediately opposed to the battery is
believed to have been a brigade of five Alabama regiments.
The battery continued to fire upon the enemy until our infantry
had all retreated some distance in rear of the guns, vv^hen,
finding that the enemy would surround us, we attempted to
retreat. All the guns wcic limbered up, but the enemy having
approached within less than 100 yards, most of the horses were
shot and four guns were left on the field, the other two being
brought off in safety. Losses, 2 killed ; 3 wounded ; of whom
two, with two others, were taken prisoners ; 28th, the battery
marched to White Oak Swamp ; 29th, continued the march ;
SOtli, marched to Malvern Hill.
On the 1st of July, Porter's corps was engaged in the battle
of Malvern. The two remaining pieces of the battery were
first placed on the left of the line ; after the first attack of
the enemy had been repulsed, they were moved to the right
and assisted in repulsing the second more serious attack, firing
250 rounds with good effect. Loss, 2 wounded. On that
night the division marched to Harrison's Landing, where they
remained till the 15th of August.
On the 12th of July, on account of the great loss of guns
and horses, and the reduced number of men, the members of
the battery were temporarily assigned to the other batteries of
the division ; 25 men were detailed to the Fourth Rhode Island
Battery and the officers and the rest of the men assigned for
duty to the Third Massachusetts Battery, Captain Martin.
Morell's Division left Harrison's Landing August 15th and
crossed the Chickahominy ; 16th, marched to Williamsburg;
17th, to Big Bethel ; 18th, to Newport News; 19th, to Hamp-
ton and embarked ; 21st, landed at Acquia Creek and from
thence marched to Centreville, arriving there on the 30th. On
this day the Fourth Rhode Island Battery was engaged in the
battle of Bull Run, and one of our men was wounded.
On the 2d of September, Morell's Division left Centreville
and marched to Chain Bridge ; 3d, to Hall's Hill ; 7th, to Fair-
fax Seminary ; 8th, to Upton's Hill. On the 12th this battery
received orders to draw new guns and equipments remaining
at Washington for that purpose. Morell's Division marched
408
ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
[Jan.
the same day for the Upper Potomac, and the battery went into
camp near Fort Corcoran.
On the 8th of October, having obtained guns, liorses, and
equipments, the battery marched to Rockville, Md. ; 9th, to
Monocacy Junction ; 10th, to Sharpsburg and rejoined Morell's
Division ; 21st, to the mouth of Antietam Creelc to cover a ford
over the Potomac. On the 30th General Morell was transferred
to another command, and General Butterfield was assigned to
the command of the division ; the division left Sharpsburg on
the 30th. 31st, the battery marched to Berlin.
November 1st, marched to Harper's Ferry, crossed the
Potomac and Shenandoah and rejoined Butterfield's Division
about four miles from the river ; 2d, the division marched to
SIXTH LIGHT BATTERY.
NAMES.
Bank.
Date of Commis-
sions.
Charles Everett,
William W. Carruth,
John F. Phelps,
William B. Allyn, .
Frank Bruce, .
William W. Carruth,
John F. Phelps,
William B. Allyn, .
Frank Bruce, .
John A. Baker,
Captain, .
First Lieutenant, .
Second "
Captain, .
Fii'st Lieutenant, .
Second "
" "
Jan. 20, 1862,
20, "
20, "
20, "
20, "
Sept. 7, "
7, "
7, "
7, "
Nov. 10, "
This battery was recruited under the auspices of Major-Gen-
eral B. F. Butler, in Massachusetts, at " Camp Chase," Lowell,
and was mustered into the service of the United States on the
20th of January, 1862. On the 8th day of February it sailed
from Boston for Ship Island, on the ship " Idaho," and arrived
at its destination on the 8th day of March.
The first services of the battery were on an expedition to
Biloxi and Pass Christian, for which duty one section of the
battery, under command of Captain Everett, with one regiment
of infantry, routed the enemy and took possession of their
camps, and- after a highly successful expedition, returned to
Ship Island.
1863.]
HOUSE— No. 3.
409
Snicker's Gap ; 6th, to Muldlebury ; 7th, to Rcctorville ; 8th,
New Baltimore ; 0th, to Warreiiton and went into camp ; 10th,
the battery still remans in camp near Warrenton ; and on the
20th they were about ten miles from Fredericksburg.
Officers resigned, 4 ; men killed in battle, 2 ; died, 2 ; dis-
charged, 21 ; deserted, 5 ; wounded, 6.
The Ibllowing is an abstract of the roster : —
1 Captain discharged.
2 First Lieutenants promoted Captains.
3 Second Lieutenants promoted First Lieutenants.
4 Second Lieutenants taken from enlisted men.
12 Commissions have been made for this battery during the year 1862.
SIXTH LIGHT BATTEBY.
Kesideuce.
Discharged.
Kemarks.
Boston,
Lawrence
)
-
Colonel 2d Louisiana Infantry, Sept. 6, '62.
Promoted Captain, Sept. 2, 1862.
" Senior 1st Lieut., Sept 7, 1862.
" Junior " " " 7, "
Senior 2d " " 7, "
On the 15th of April the battery embarked on board the
steamer Mississippi for New Orleans, and sailed for the river,
which they entered, and after waiting with the other troops till
the grand passage of the forts by the navy, they went oil to
the city and accompanied General Butler as a part of the guard
to the St. Charles Hotel.
Two days after, a section, under Lieutenant Carruth, crossed
to Algiers, and with the Twenty-First Indiana Yolunteers, took
possession of the New Orleans Great Western and Opelousas
Railroad, by running a train to Brasher City, on Berwick Bay,
the western terminus of the railroad, and seizing all^the rolling
stock of the road. They then returned to Algiers.
52
410 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
On the 11th of May this same section, with the same regi-
ment, went to Houma, in Terrebonne Parish, to obtain redress
for the murder of two soldiers of the Twenty-First Indiana,
who had been brutally assassinated wliile passing through the
Parish. They were absent on this expedition for one week,
and returned to Algiers, after having done all that circum-
stances required.
Meantime, the remainder of the battery, under command of
Captain Everett, and in the Brigade of General Thomas
Williams, proceeded in a reconnoitering expedition up the
river as far as Vicksburg ; were on board transports for nearly
a month, and finally disembarked at Baton Rouge. Here they
were soon joined by the section from Algiers, which had, in the
meantime, been twice up to the Red River, and with infantry of
the Twenty-First Indiana, captured two steam-boats from the
enemy.
The battery remained together until the 16th of June, when
the Yicksburg expedition sailed from Baton Rouge, and with it
two sections of the battery, under Captain Everett ; the other
section, under Lieutenant Carruth, remaining at Baton Rouge,
with two regiments of infantry, to hold the town.
At Vicksburg, wlien Commodore Farragut's fleet passed
tlie town under the fire of the heavy guns of the enemy,
Captain Everett, with his guns, was ordered to engage the
heavy batteries opposite, to create a diversion in favor of the
fleet. He did so, and during the engagement an eleven inch
shell burst between two of his guns, instantly killing Edgar
Morgan, private, and one horse of the battery. Morgan was
the first man of the battery killed in action.
The section that remained at Baton Rouge was not idle. It
made several expeditions into the country, and twice engaged
and routed the irregular cavalry of the enemy that hovered
about Baton Rouge.
On the 26th of July, the troops from Yicksburg returned to
Baton Rouge. The battery had lost five or six men by sick-
ness, and nearly the whole command was prostrated by swamp
fever. Soon after, Captain Everett proceeded to New Orleans
to procure supplies for the battery.
On the 5tli of August, a little before daylight, the enemy, in
strong force, under General Breckinridue. attacked our forces
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3. 411
at Baton Rouge, and after a desperate battle of five hours' dura-
tion, were totally defeated and repulsed. In this action the
battery had only between thirty and forty men for duty, and
three officers. Out of this number thirteen were killed or
wounded. The officers present were Lieutenants Carruth,
Allyn and Bruce. Captain Everett was in New Orleans, and
Lieutenant Phelps Avas in the hospital. In this action the
battery fully upheld, with the other Massachusetts troops
present, the honor and reputation of the old Commonwealth.
About two weeks after, the city of Baton Rouge was evacuated,
and with other troops the battery proceeded to Carrollton, near
New Orleans.
On the 7th of September Captain Everett was promoted to
and accepted the commission of Lieutenant-Colonel of the
Second Regiment Louisiana Volunteers. By an order from
Major-General Butler, Lieutenant Carruth assumed command
of the battery as Captain.
About the 1st of October the battery was placed in the
" Reserve Brigade," under command of General Godfry
Weitzel, and on the 24:th of October, sailed with the brigade up
the river, landed at Donaldsonville, and marched inland along
the Bayou la' Fourche. On the 27th of October the brigade
encountered the enemy near the town of Laberderville, and
after a short battle, routed them ; then marched on to Thibo-
deaux, and on the 10th of November were at " Camp Stephens,"
La.
Of the men originally enlisted in Massachusetts few remain.
The peculiar circumstances under which the battery was
recruited necessitated the enlisting of a class of men, many of
whom proved physically incapable of enduring a soldier's life,
and were consequently discharged. About fifty men were
enlisted for the battery in New Orleans, and even with these
they are now obliged to have a large detail from the infantry
to work the guns.
The following is an abstract of the roster : —
1 Captain promoted Lieutenant-Colonel Second Louisiana Infantry.
1 First Lieutenant promoted Captain.
1 Second Lieutenant promoted First Lieutenant.
1 Second Lieutenant taken from enlisted men.
10 Commissions have been made for this battery during the year 1862.
412 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
SEVENTH LIGHT BATTERY.
[Jan.
Date of Commis-
NAMES.
Kank.
sions.
Phineas A. Davis, ....
Captain
April 20, 1861,
Israel N. Wilson, .
First
Lieutenant, .
20, "
George E. Dana,
Second
a
20, "
"William E. Farrar, .
Third
a
20, "
"William E. Farrar, .
Second
u
May 25, "
William E. Farrar, .
First
((
July 25, "
"William A. Fifield, .
Second
(1
25, "
Phineas A. Davis, .
Captain
Mar. 17, 1862,
"William E. Farrar, .
First
Lieutenant, .
17, "
"William A. Fifield, .
((
11
April 14, "
Cephas L. Hartwell,
Second
u
14, "
Andrew J. Devoll, .
u
u
14, "
Cephas L. Hartwell,
First
u
Nov. 17, "
Wilbur G. McCurdy,
Second
u
17, "
Although this is called the Seventh Battery, it was among
the very first of the three years men that left the State. It
was recruited in Lowell by Captain Davis, as an infantry
company, and was called the Richardson Light Guard, in
honor of George F. Richardson, Esq., who had been very
active in assisting the recruitment.
The company sailed from Boston in the steamer Pembroke,
for Fortress Monroe, on the 22d of May, 1861, and was
intended to be attached to the Tliird Regiment, M. V. M., until
its three months term of service was completed ; but the com-
pany was attached to the Fortress on provost duty, and Captain
Davis was provost marshal. The company remained a part of
the permanent garrison of the Fortress, as an infantry company,
until the 25th of December, 1861, when it was detailed on
light artillery duty, and on the 17th of March, 1862, by
orders from the War Department, it was permanently clianged
to an artillery corps, and became the Seventh Battery of Massa-
chusetts Volunteers.
When the advance upon Norfolk was made, May 10th, 1862,
this company, acting as infantry, was the first to land, and
formed the right of the advancing column. On the loth, it
again returned to Fortress Monroe.
1868.] HOUSE— No. 3.
SEVENTH LIGHT BATTERY.
413
Disclmrged.
Lowell,
Billerica,
Lowell,
May 25, 1861.
Nov. 15, 1862.
Trom'd Capt, 3d Reg. M. V. M., July 21, '61.
Promoted 2d Lieut., May 25, 1861.
Promoted 1st Lieut., July 25, "
Promoted 1st Lieut., Nov. 17, 1862.
On the 19th of June the company left the Fortress as a
battery, fully equipped and with full ranks, and proceeded to
Newport News, where it remained in camp until the 25th of
July, when it took up its line of march to Yorktown, where it
remained until September 29tli, when it received orders to
march to Suffolk, Va., at which place it arrived on the 2d
of October, and it has remained there ever since, having taken
part in several skirmishes, but has yet been engaged in no con-
siderable battle.
The following is an abstract of the roster : —
1 First Lieutenant promoted Captain of Infantry.
1 Second Lieutenant promoted First Lieutenant.
4 Second Lieutenants have been taken from enlisted men.
7 Commissions have been made for this battery during the year 1862.
414 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
EIGHTH LIGHT BATTERY.
[Jan.
NAMES.
Bank.
Date of Commis-
sion.
Asa jM. Cook, .
Charles M. Griffin, .
John N. Coffin,
James W. Garland,
George W. Evans, .
John N. Coffin,
James W. Garland,
George \V. Evans, .
James W. Kirk,
Captain, .
Senior First Lieut.,
Junior " " .
Senior Second " .
Junior " " .
Senior First " .
Junior ' " " .
Senior Second " .
Junior " " .
June 10, 1862.
4, "
10, "
10, "
19, "
Sept. 21, "
21, "
21, "
21, "
Tlie order for the recruitment of this battery for six months'
service was issued on the 27th of May, 1862. — and, on the 30th
of that month, the first squad of recruits, numbering over
forty, were sworn into service, and went into camp at " Camp
Cameron," North Cambridge. The recruiting proceeded rapidly
until the full complement was obtained ; and having received
its pieces, horses, uniform and equipments, the battery left
Boston for Washington^ June 25th. Its journey was inter-
rupted by a most melancholy accident, a short distance south of
Trenton, N. J. The train containing the battery ran off the
track, and several of the forward cars were thrown into the
canal. Two men were killed by this event, a number more
or less wounded, thirteen horses killed, and a large amount of
property destroyed. The battery returned to Trenton to be put
in shape for a new start, and during its stay in the city, was
entertained in the most hospitable and generous manner by
the civic and municipal authorities, as well as by private
individuals.
The battery resumed its march June 27th, and proceeded to
Washington, where it halted until July 1st, by the side of the
railroad track. It then crossed into Virginia by the Long
Bridge, and went into camp near Fairfax Seminary. While
here it was attached to the brigade of General John Cook, in
General S. D. Sturgis's Reserve Army Corps. The battery
remained quietly in camp, engaged in drill, and in obtaining
ammunition, &c., for several weeks.
18G3.]
HOUSE— No. 3.
EIGHTH LIGHT BATTERY.
415
Discharged.
Boston, .
Somcrville,
Boston, .
Soinerville,
Boston, .
Somerville,
South Scituate,
Sept. 20, 18G2.
rromoted Sr. 1st Lieut., Sept. 21, 1862,
Jr. " " " 21, "
" Sr. 2d " " 21, "
On the 8th of August it was ordered to report for service in
the corps of General Burnside. It marched to Alexandria ;
was conveyed in a transport to Acquia Creek, and marched
thence to camp near Falmouth, opposite Fredericksburg, Va.,
arriving there August 11th. It was attached to the division of
General Stevens, and soon ordered to march, with a detachment
of the Ninth Army Corps, to tlie reinforcement of the army of
Virginia. It left Falmouth August 14th, and took up a position
on the left of General Pope's army, seven miles south of Cul-
pepper, August 17th. On the retreat to the Rappahannock it
was detached from the division, and sent to guard Barnett's
Ford, an important position, which it held from August 20th to
the 23d, almost without support. At this time the right
section was detached from the battery, and was engaged in a
skirmish near Sulphur Springs, supported by a part of General
Sigel's Corps.
The battery marched to Warrenton August 23d, and thence
to Warrenton Junction. On the discovery of Jackson's appear-
ance on our flank at Manassas, it marched, with the rest of the
division, in pursuit of him. It was engaged in the battle of
Bull Run, August 30th, and at the end of the action,"fell back
with the army to Centreville, without the loss of a man or a
gun. On the 1st of September it took part in the battle of
Chantilly, and came out with similar good fortune. On the
2d, it encamped near Pond's Mills, only one mile from its
previous camp at the Seminary. On the 5th it marched to
416 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
"Washington, and received new limbers and caissons, as well as
ammunition for the coming Maryland campaign. It marched
through Leesboro', Brookville, Frederick City, and Middletown,
in pursuit of the enemy. It was engaged in the battle of South
Mountain, September 14th, occupying a very exposed position
on the left, in the teeth of the rebel batteries, and under a
murderous fire of canister. Loss, 1 killed, 4 wounded.
On the 17th of September it took part in the great battle of
Antietam. During the day it occupied several positions of
extreme exposure and danger on the left wing of the army, and
its services were highly complimented by General Wilcox, com-
manding the First Division Nintli Army Corps. During the
night it held an advanced position on an eminence on the west
bank of the creek, believed to be the only battery of General
Burnside's command which remained on that side after sunset.*
It continued to hold the position until late in the afternoon of
the 18th, when it was relieved by other troops.
The battery lay in camp, near the mouth of Antietam Creek,
until October 5th, when it was ordered to Washington Arsenal,
to exchange its guns for pieces of a longer range. On arriving at
Washington, October 9th, it was found impossible to obtain any
pieces whatever. The carriages, &c., were accordingly once
more put in repair, and the battery set out October 21st for the
Upper Potomac. It rejoined the division at Pleasant Valley,
just in time to participate in the advance into Virginia. It
crossed the Potomac at Berlin October 26th. On its advance
through Virginia, it encamped successively at Lovettsville,
Waterford, (October 30th,) Philomont, (November 3d,) Rector-
town, (November 5th,) Orleans, (November 7th,) and Waterloo,
(November 8th.) Since the latter date it has been in camp
near Waterloo, where it remained on November 11th.
During the last march of the battery through Maryland, on
its return from Wasliington, as it was passing through Hyatts-
town, its commander was informed by a disguised scout of the
existence of a nest of rebels in the vicinity. A party of mounted
volunteers of non-commissioned officers and privates, under the
leadership of Lieutenants Coffin and Kirk, went out in search
of the rebels, and succeeded in capturing several members of
Stuart's Cavalry, with some recruits for the same regiment,
who were hiding in a secession house in the neighborliood,
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3. 417
together with some horses, and other valuable contraband
property.
The total loss of the battery since leaving the State is as fol-
lows : Killed by railroad accident in Trenton, 2 ; killed in
battle, 1 ; wounded in battle, 5 ; died from disease, 3 ; deserted,
3 ; no prisoners taken. Tiie armament of the battery consists
of four rifled 6-pounder bronze guns, and two 12-poundcr
bronze howitzers.
The battery, after having served its term of service, returned
to Boston a few weeks ago, having previously been mustered
out of the service at Washington. It is seldom that a com-
pany makes so honorable a record in so short a time. Captain
Cook, who commanded this company, is the same gentleman
who commanded the First Massachusetts Battery, in the three
months service.
The following is an abstract of the roster : —
1 Second Lieutenant promoted First Lieutenant.
1 Second Lieutenant taken from enlisted men.
9 Commissions have been made for this battery during the year 1862.
53
418 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
NINTH LIGHT BATTERY.
[Jan.
NAMES.
Date of Commis-
sions.
Achille DeVecchi, .
Chrislophcr Erickson,
Alexander H. Whitaker,
Alexander II. Whitaker,
George AA'arren Foster, .
Richard Swett Milton,
July
31,
31,
1862,
Au?.
6,
July
81,
Aug.
6,
This company was recruited chiefly at " Camp Meigs," Read-
ville, though for a portion of the time it was encamped at
" Camp Stanton," Lynnfield, It left the Commonwealth for
Washington, September 3d, 1862, and arrived at that city on
the 7th, when they reported to General Casey, in command,
and were ordered to " Camp Seymour," on Capitol Hill, D. C.
The company remained there until the 22d of September,
when it was ordered to " Camp Chase," in Virginia. The com-
pany remained in this camp until the 27th of October, when it
TENTH LIG-HT BATTERY.
NAMES.
Kank.
Date of Commis-
sions.
J. Henry Sleeper, ....
Henry II. Granger,
Joshua W. Adams, ....
Asa Smith,
Thomas R. Armitage,
Captain, .
First Lieutenant, .
Second "
" "
Sept. 21, 1862,
Aug. 20, "
20, "
Sept. 21, "
6, "
The Tenth Battery was recruited at " Camp Stanton," Lynn-
field, and left the Commonwealth with orders to report for
duty at Washington, on the 14th of October, 1862, at which
place it arrived on the 17th.
Since the battery left the State, it has remained in camp in
the District of Columbia, and has become very proficient in
drill. The health of the men has been excellent ; only one
death has occurred in the company since it was organized.
1863.]
HOUSE— No. 3.
NINTH LIGHT BATTERY.
419
Discharged.
IJoston,
Roxbury,
Charlestown,
West Roxbury,
Jan. 26, 1863.
rronioted 1st Lieut., Aug. 6, 1802.
was ordered to report to Brigadier-General Barry, Inspector of
Artillery, who ordered the compflny to " Camp Barry," some
miles distant, and they were drilled in the school of artillery.
The company has remained in this camp until the present time.
It has been in no battle. The health of the men has been good,
one man only having died since the company was organized.
Captain DeVecchi is an educated artillery officer, who has been
in foreign service and taken part in many battles.
6 Commissions have been made for this battery during the year 1862.
TENTH LIGHT BATTERY.
Residence.
Discharged.
Kemarks.
Boston, .
Ipswich, .
Charlestown, .
1 1 1 1 1
1 1 1 1 1
-
Captain Sleeper, who commands the company, is one of our
best artillery officers. He served in Cook's Battery during its
three months term of service, and afterwards went out as lieu-
tenant in the first three years battery. He has been in several
battles, and has always borne himself with honor in the hour
of danger.
5 Commissions have been made for this battery during the year 1862.
420
ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
[Jan.
UNATTACHED COMPANIES
First Company.
Date of Commis-
N A H E S .
Rank.
sions.
Stephen Cabot, ....
Captain, .
Feb.
26, 1862,
Caleb E. Niebuhr, .
Senior First
Lieut.,
26, "
Elias W. Hayes,
Junior "
26, "
Francis E. Boyd,
Senior Second
26, "
C. Frederic Livermore,
Junior "
26, "
John Pickering, Jr.,
a u
Oct.
20, "
Elias W. Hayes,
Senior First
Nov.
3, "
John Fickerin2;, Jr.,
Junior "
3, »
AVarren Davis,
Senior Second
3, "
William H. AVoodman,
«
Junior "
3, "
Second Company.
Caleb E. Niebuhr, .
Charles F. Livermore,
James A. Blanchard,
Royal W. Thayer, .
Otis S. Wilbur,
Third Company.
Lyman B. Whiton, ....
Captain, .
Dec.
31,
1862,
James H. Baldwin, ....
First Lieutenant, .
31,
Benjamin A. Ball, ....
t( u
31,
Lyman B. Whiton, ....
Second "
Nov,
26,
Edwin Thomas, ....
U 1(
Dec.
31,
Zeno A. Appleton, ....
" "
31,
Permission was given in the earlj part of the year to raise a
company of heavy artillery for garrison duty at Eort Warren,
Boston harbor, and Stephen Cabot, Esq., was selected to rais6
it, which he did in a very short time, and was commissioned
captain. The company was a complete success, and subse-
quently authority was received from the War Department to
recruit a battalion for garrison service. Three full companies
have been raised, and they are now stationed at Fort Warren.
Although these companies have not been called into active
1863.]
HOUSE— No. 3.
421
OP HEAVY ABTILLERY.
First Company.
Residence.
Discliargod.
Remarks.
Boston, .
a
Gloucester,
Boston, .
Cambridge,
Salem,
Gloucester,
Salem,
Boston, .
Randolph,
I ' * ' 1 1 1
Captain, 2d Co., Nov. 3, 18G2.
Senior 1st Lieut., Nov. 3, 1802.
Captain in 41st Regiment, Oct. 4, 1862.
Senior 1st Lieut., 2d Co., Nov. 3, 18G2.
Junior " Nov. 3, 1862.
Declined to accept commission.
Second Company.
Boston, .
Cambridge,
Boston, .
Randolph,
Third Company.
Hingham,
Boston, .
Worcester,
Hingham,
Weymouth,
Rockport,
Promoted Captain, Dec. 31, 1862.
duty in the field, they have performed much valuable service in
manning the chief fortification in Boston harbor, and becoming
proficient in the use of heavy ordnance. Should an attempt
be made by the enemy's cruisers, or by pirate vessels, like
the Alabama, to enter Boston harbor and attack the city,
they will find the battalion of heavy artillery at Fort Warren,
of which Captain Cabot is the senior officer, ready to give
them such a reception as brave and loyal men give to
pirates and traitors.
4-22 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
The following is an abstract of the roster : —
First Company Heavy Artillery.
1 First Lieutenant promoted Captain Second Company.
1 Second Lieutenant promoted First Lieutenant.
1 Second Lieutenant promoted First Lieutenant Second Company.
1 Second Lieutenant taken from Salem Cadets.
2 Second Lieutenants taken from enlisted men.
10 Commissions have been made for this company during the year 1862.
Second Company Heavy Artillery.
5 Commissions have been made for this company during the year 1862.
Third Company Heavy Artillery.
G Commissions have been made for this company during the year 1862.
Head-Quarters Casey's Division,
Eeserved Army Corps, Defences of Washington,
568 Fourteenth St., Washington, Nov. 1.5, 1862.
To His Excellency John A. Andrew, Governor of Massachusetts.
Sir, — I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication
of the 10th inst., with regard to the troops of Massachusetts vrho have come
under my observation.
In reply, I would say that quite a number of the regiments from that State
have passed through my hands and been under my command for limited
periods. So far as my observation extended, the troops from no State were
better appointed and supplied, or appeared better, than those from Massachu^
setts. I have often desired to have a brigade from Massachusetts permanently
under my command. The troops from no State were sought after with more
avidity. None exceeded, and but few equalled her in the general intelligence
of her officers and the discipline and good conduct of her soldiers.
Not knowing what Massachusetts has done in the way of legislation for her
troops, I do not know, of course, what may be required. I will, however, say
this : if I were a member of^the legislature of Massachusetts, not a day should
pass, after I could do so in accordance with the rules, before I should bring in
a bill instituting a State Military Academy, to be carefully fostered by the
State, and sustained by State appropriations so long as necessary. Military
knowledge and habits of command for the officer are now the great desiderata,
aud the rank and file furnished by Massachusetts are worthy to be commanded
by intelligent and trustworthy officers. In war, patriotic enthusiasm, however
ardent, cannot alone, for any considerable length of time, take the place of
that knowledge and professional skill which study and experience impart. In
the appointment of officers, (which belongs to the executive,) great care
should be exercised, and the following questions should be answered in the
affirmative : —
1st. Has he the physical capacity to stand the hardships he may be called
upon to endure ?
2d. Is he morally fit ?
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3. 423
3(1. Is he an uncompromising; Union man under all circumstances and
events ?
4th. Is he prepared to sustain the national executive in the exercise of all
the war powers of the government, authorized by the laws of nations ?
In short, is he zealously ailected in the good cause of maintaining the integ-
rity of his beloved country, and the vindication of her authority, against all her
enemies and opportents, while God vouchsafes to him the breath of life ?
Let all the promotions be made from the regiment (unless good cause to
the contrary) and in the order of seniority, if meritorious. Massachusetts is
the birthplace of my maternal ancestors, which is a good reason why I should
feel a regard for her. I honor, from the depths of my heart, the old Common-
wealth in this : that in the day of national trial and falling away, she presents
a firm front, and I think I hear her voice saying, " Let others do as they
choose, I shall ever stand opposed, with a firm front, to the principles of this
wicked rebellion, and while this great and momentous history is being enacted,
it shall never be written on my escutcheon that I consented for one moment
to those national disruptive principles, the first great examplar of which was
the Prince of the power of the air."
I am, very respectfuiry,
» Silas Casey, Brigadier-General Volunteers.
In the foregoing pages I have given brief but I believe
correct narratives of the services of our three years' regiments
and companies which have gone from Massachusetts to the seat
of war. Tiiey have done great service. They have endured
many hardships. They have faced death on many battle-fields,
extending from the mountains of the Blue Ridge to the far off
Delta of the Mississippi. There have been no battles, no great
campaigns during this rebellion, from Harper's Ferry to Vicks-
burg, — from Antietam and South Mountain, to New Orleans
and Baton Rouge, in which the trobps from the old Bay State
have not acted a brave and gallant part. These battle-fields
are far from us. Our dead lie buried in strange places, where
no kind hand can strew their graves with tokens of affection,
and no pilgrim relative can go to drop a tear in memory of
the loved and lost. But the dead will live forever in the true
hearts of Massachusetts, as men who sacrificed their spotless
lives in a noble cause. And our men, who with undaunted
hearts and faithful energy survive this war, and come back
again to their pleasant homes on the hillsides and in the valleys,
and by the sea-shore of our old Commonwealth, will meet the
warm welcome of generous hearts, and the God blessing of a
brave and loyal people.
42i
ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
[Jan.
The Nine Months Regiments.
I now proceed to speak of our nine months regiments, I
have given, in preceding pages, the way and manner in which
they were raised. In the original order, from the general
government, these regiments were to be raised by a draft, but
thanks to the patriotism and liberality of our people, our quota
was raised without resorting to that expedient. Massachusetts
has filled her quotas not only of her three years men, but of her
nine months men, and they are now in active service, and there
is not a drafted man among them, — they are 'all volunteers.
THIRD REGIMENT.
N AME,S.
Date of Commis-
sions.
Silas P. Richmond,
James Barton,
John Morissey,
Lucien L. Perkins,
Bethuel Penniman, Jr.,
Alfred A Stocker,
Woodbridge R. Howe,
Charles A. Snow, .
John W. Marble, .
Thomas B. GrifFeth,
Elihu Grant, .
Andrew R. Wright,
John A. Hawes,
Georfje R. Hurlburt,
William S. Cobb, .
Otis A. Baker,
Barnabas Ewer, Jr.,
Samuel Bates,
Charles P. Lyon, .
Charles A. S. Perkins,
Benjamin A. Shaw,
Thomas MeFarland,
AVilliam E. Mason,
William H. Allen, 3d,
Henry W. Briggs, .
Robert Grossman, .
Solomon K. Eaton,
Nathan Forbes,
Nathaniel Morton,
William S. Briggs,
Charles D. Copeland,
George Reynolds, Jr.,
Colonel,
Lieut. Colonel,
Major,
Adjutant, .
Quartermaster,
Surgeon, .
Assist. Surgeon,
Chaplain, .
Captain,
1st Lieutenant,
2d Lieutenant,
Oct.
Sept.
Aug.
Sept.
June
April
Aug.
Sept.
June
Sept.
Aug.
7, 1862,
7, "
7, "
10, "
10, "
16, "
21 "
lo' "
19, "
20, "
29, "
29, "
4, "
6, "
15, "
6, "
15, "
3, "
7, "
4, "
29, "
29, "
4, "
6, "
15, "
6, "
15, "
3, "
7, "
20, "
29, "
29, "
Freetown.
New Bedford.
Plymouth.
Plympton.
New Bedford.
Cambridge.
Mattapoisett.
Fall River. »
Freetown.
South Carver.
Fall River.
Fairhaven.
New Bedford.
a a
Rehoboth.
Fairhaven.
E. Bridge water.
Halifax.
Plymouth.
Fall River.
New Bedford.
Dighton.
Mattapoisett.
Bridgewater.
Halifax.
Middleboro'.
Fall River.
18G3.]
HOUSE— No. 3.
Til ird Regiment — Con tinu ed.
425
NAMESr.
Eaiik.
Date of Commis-
sions.
Besldence.
James L. Sharp, .
Jonathan W. Davis,
James L. Wilbur, .
Joseph Gibbs,
Jabez M. Lvle,
Charles E. Churchill, .
2d Lieutenant, .
Sept. 4, 18(52,
6, "
15, "
6, "
1.5, "
3, "
New Bedford.
a u
a u
Somerset.
Fairhaven.
W. Bridgew'r.
The Third Regiment is an old militia organization. It served
its three months' term at Fortress Monroe, under Colonel
Wardrop, now commanding the Ninety-Ninth New York, at
Norfolk, Va. After its return to Massachusetts, it was mustered
out of service, and assumed its place as part of the militia of
Massachusetts.
When the call was made by the President for a draft of nine
months men, the Third Regiment volunteered at once, and was
sent to " Camp Joe, Hooker," at Lakeville, where it was soon
recruited to the maximum standard. The first company went
into camp on the 16th of September, 1862 ; the tenth company,
September 22d. On the Stli of October it received orders to
proceed to Newbern, N. C. It was delayed several days for
want of overcoats. On the 22d of October it embarked at Boston
on board the steamers Merrimack and Mississippi, and sailed
the same evening. They arrived at Beaufort, N. C, October
26th, debarked the same day, and reached Newbern that evening
by railroad (36 miles.) They went into camp on the banks of
the Neuse River, a mile outside the city, where the regiment
remained when last heard from. They were under canvas, but
expected soon to go into barracks.
Colonel Richmond writes, under date of November 24th,
that two companies were doing picket duty at Newport Bar-
racks, twenty-five miles distant. Thirty men were also on
picket duty at Three Points, some two miles from the camp. On
the night of November 11th the regiment was under arms, in
momentary expectation for orders to march, a rebel attack being
expected.
54
426
ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
[Jan.
No death has occurred in the Third since it went into camp
at Lakeville. Good health prevails, only four men being in the
hospital. The material of the regiment, being -composed in
great i)art of Old Colony men, is excellent.
Wlien the weather permits, daily drills, squad, company and
battalion, are executed, and by the faithful and intelligent
co-operation of officers and men, the regiment is rapidly attain-
ing that precision which will fit it for service in the field.
The colonel speaks in warm and earnest terms of the kindness
his command has received from Major-General Foster, Colonel
Lee, of the Twenty-Seventh, acting brigadier-general, and of
Colonel Kurtz, of the Twenty-Third Massachusetts Regiments,
who was at that time Provost Marshal of Newbern.
The regiment has the Austrian rifled musket, an arm not at
all attractive to men who have used the Springfield and the
Enfield, and Colonel Richmond makes complaint of it.
FOUBTH REGIMENT.
Date or Commis-
sions.
Henry Walker,
Ebenezer T. Colby,
Charles F. Howard,
Augustus Crocker,
Thomas J. Lothrop,
James Waldock, .
Edward W. Nortoni,
Joseph F. Gould, .
Samuel E. Pierce,
John Hall, .
Seneca R. Thomas,
Hiram C. Alden, .
Charles H. Paul, .
William H. Bartlett,
Henry B. Maglathlin,
Lewis Soule, .
John R. Rollins, .
George S. Merrill,
William R. Black,
Ii'a Drake,
Daniel F. Wood, .
Myron W. Hollis, .
Horatio C Sampson,
John H. Church, .
Henry Humble, .
Colonel,
Lieut. Colonel,
Major,
Adjutant, .
Quartermaster,
Surgeon,
Assist. Surgeon,
Chaplain,
Captain,
1st Lieutenant,
Dec. 6, 1862,
6,
13,
13,
26,
26,
26,
26,
11,
3,
1,
27,
29,
18,
oo
9,
8,
15,
11,
3,
1,
18,
29,
Sept.
Aug.
Sept.
Sept.
Dec.
Sept.
Aug.
Sept.
Quincy.
Lawrence.
Foxborough.
Taunton.
a
Roxbury.
Blandford.
Boston.
Gloucester.
Canton.
Middleborough.
Randolph.
Taunton.
Duxbury.
Abington.
Lawrence.
((
Taunton.
Stoughton.
Middleborough.
Randolph.
Pembroke.
Taunton.
Abinirton.
1863.]
HOUSE— No. 3.
Fourth Regiment — Continuedi
427
Date of Commia-
NAMES.
Bank.
sions.
Residence.
James G. Abbott, .
IstL
eutenant, .
Sept.
0,
18G2,
Lawrence.
John K. Tarbox, .
"
((
Dec.
B,
i(
Benjamin J. llichmond,
u
a
18,
Norton.
William J. llriijiTS,
a
a
18,
Taunton.
Henry U. INIorse, .
2d Lieutenant, .
Sept.
11,
Canton.
James M. Sampson,
a
13,
J^akeville.
Edmund Cottle, .
"
1,
Randolph.
AA'illiam F. Holmes,
a
18,
Kingston.
Philander Williams,
((
Aug.
29,
Taunton.
John Maloy, .
a
Sept.
99
Abington.
Hiram Robinson, .
u
y,
Lawrence.
Albert F. Dow,
u
Dec.
8,
u
Isaae H. Bonney, .
i(
18,
Foxborougb.
W^illiam H. Munroe,
((
18,
Taunton.
The Fourth Regiment was also one of the first to leave Mas-
sachusetts upon the original call of the President of the United
States for three months men. It left Boston 17th of April,
1861, under command of Colonel Abner B. Packard, of Quincy,
for Fortress Monroe, and reached its destination on the 20th.
It served out its time of service, and returned home. When
the call was made for nine months men in August last, the
Fourth volunteered again, and was sent to " Camp Joe Hooker,"
Lakeville, where it remained until it was fall. It was then
ordered, December 17th, 1862, to join General Banks' com-
mand. Department of the Gulf. It went from here to New
York, and from thence sailed to New Orleans, under command
of Colonel "Walker, who had served in the regiment during its
three months' service at Fortress Monroe.
Up to this date no report has been received from the regi-
ment. It is composed of the very best material, and will give a
good account of itself when an opportunity occurs.
428 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
FIFTH REGIMENT.
[Jau.
Date of Commia-
NAMES.
Bank.
sions.
Residence.
George H. Peirson,
Colonel,
June 26,
1862,
Salem.
John T. Boyd,
Lieut. Colonel, .
26,
u
Charlestown.
Win. E. C. Worcester, .
Major,
Aug. 28,
u
Marlborough.
AVilliam T. Eustis, 3d, .
Adjutant, .
July 30,
u
Boston.
George A. Norton,
Quartermaster, .
23,
4(
u
William Ingalls,
Surgeon, .
Sept. 20,
U
Winchester.
Di.xi C. Hoyt,
Assist. Surgeon, .
Oct. 7,
(1
Milford.
William F. Snow, .
Chaplain, .
7,
a
Somerville.
James F. Green, .
Captain,
Sept. 25,
a
Charlestown.
Benjamin F. Parker,
u
5,
((
a
liobert S. Daniels,
u
Aug. 28,
((
South Danvers
Thomas F. Howard,
n
19,
u
Charlestown.
John Kent, .
u
Sept. 3,
ii
Boston.
Charles Currier, .
a
15,
11
Medford.
William T. Grammez', .
a
Aug. 27,
ii
Woburn.
Caleb Drew, .
((
19,
u
Charlestown.
Chai'les B. Newton,
u
Sept. 4,
u
Bolton.
Joseph Crafts,
li
Aug. 28,
u
Watertown.
John McGrath,
1st Lieutenant, .
Sept. 25,
u
Charlestown.
Walter C. Bailey, .
u u
5,
1(
Somerville.
George S. Barnes,
" "
Aug. 28,
u
South Danvers.
George H. Marden, Jr.,
ii ii
19,
li
Charlestown.
George Myrick,
li u
Sept. 3,
il
Boston.
Alfred Haskell, .
" "
15,
a
Medford.
Charles S. Converse,
" "
Aug. 27,
((
Woburn.
Walter Everett, .
a ((
19,
((
Charlestown.
Andrew A. Powers,
" "
Sept. 4,
((
Bolton.
Florence C. Crowley, .
" "
Aug. 28,
((
Waltham.
James W. Dillon, .
2d Lieutenant, .
Sept. 25,
((
Charlestown.
John Harrington, .
a u
May 30,
((
Somerville.
William L. Thompson, .
(( a
Aug. 28,
u
South Danvers.
Charles P. Whittle,
u u
19,
u
Charlestown.
Andrew J. Holbrook, .
" "
Sept. 3,
((
Cambridge.
Elisha N. Pierce, .
" "
15,
((
Medford.
Wm. Adams Colegate, .
n u
Aug. 27,
a
Woburn.
D. Webster Davis,
u u
19,
((
Charlestown.
William S. Frost, .
" "
Sept. 4,
a
Marlborough.
Ira Joseph Osborne,
u a
Aug. 28,
((
Watertown.
The Fifth Regiment was also a militia organization, and served
with honor in the three months' service, under Colonel Samuel
C. Lawrence, of Medford, now Brigadier-General of militia,
and took part in the first battle of Bull Run, in July, 1861.
When the call was made for nine months drafted men, the
regiment, then in d)mmand of Colonel Peirson, of Salem, who
commanded a company in the same regiment during tlie three
months' service, volunteered as an organization, for service.
1803.] HOUSE— No. 3. 429
It was sent to " Camp Lander," Wenham, wlicre it recruited
to the full standard, and on the 3d of October received orders
to report to Captain McKim, U. S. A., for transportation, and
proceed immediately to Ncwbcrn, N. C, and report for duty to
Major-Gencral Foster. It left Boston in transports, and arrived
safely at Newborn.
The following, taken from a report by Colonel Peirson, dated
Newborn, January 1st, 1863, gives an account of the part taken
by the Fifth Regiment in the late expedition in North Carolina.
We formed regimental line at six, A. M., Thursday, December
11th, forming on the left of the third brigade, Colonel H. C. Lee.
At two, P. M., we started on the march, having the second post
of honor, (the extreme left,) marched until half-past four, A. M.,
of the 12th, and bivouacked about nine miles from Newborn.
At sunrise we again started in the same position, and after a
hard day's march, bivouacked about twenty miles from New-
born. Sunrise of the 13th saw us again moving in the same
position; arrived at the "church," six miles from Kinston,
about ten, P. M. In the morning we were ordered to throw
out pickets on the different roads, and to guard the baggage
train. Companies H, (Captain Drew,) and E, (Captain Kent,)
were posted about three miles from our head-quarters, on a
cross road leading to Kinston, and in connection with a com-
pany of cavalry, held about 600 of the, enemy at bay, and
finally drove them into Kinston, and joined us the next morn-
ing there. Company C, (Captain Daniels,) was posted on the
road leading towards Wilmington. About eleven, P. M., they
saw the enemy's cavalry coming up the road, but the boys were
wide-awake, and a few shots dispersed the rebels. Upon exam-
ination and inquiry the next morning, it was found that there
were about 200 of them, undoubtedly on a scouting expedition.
Companies G, (Captain Grammer,) and F, (Captain Currier,)
were posted on the main road to Kinston, to guard the bridge
over South-west Creek. Company D, (Lieutenant Harden
commanding,) was posted to the rear, thus leaving Companies
B, K, and I, as guard for the baggage train ; Company A being
at this time on detached service at Washington, N, C.
Monday morning, the 16th, we were ordered to march again,
still holding the same position. This day we marched about
twenty-three miles, being obliged to march the six miles from
430 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
tlie "church" to Kiiistoii before joining the main column.
Tuesday found us still on the left ; but, as the battle at White-
hall was concluding, the third brigade was ordered in the
advance. In passing up the hill opposite that place, the
enemy's bullets were still flying in the air, but we had only three
wounded, of which I sent you an account by last mail. Much to
our relief we reached our camping-ground about half-past five,
P. M. Tiie next morning we were off again, the third brigade
still in the advance. • About half-past twelve, P. M., the cannon
in advance told us we had readied the field of action ; and so
indeed we had. We were drawn up in line on the extreme
left. Company D was detached and sent skirmishing, and
Company H was sent to protect the party destroying the rail-
road. After remainiiig thus for about an hour, our two com-
panies were ordered in, and the word was passed, that " the
object of the expedition" was accomplished, and orders were,
" back to Newbern." " Three times three " went up as we
came to about-face, and the retrograde movement began. But
the echo of our cheers had hardly died away, before we heard
traitor shouts, and saw the rebel flag displayed directly in our
rear, (that was then,) and towards Goldsboro'. Captain Mor-
rison's Battery immediately wheeled to the front, and we were
ordered to its support. Here the regiment showed the pluck
common to troops from the 0/d Bay Slate. Not a man
flinched, or moved an inch from his post. Yet this was their
first time in the face of an enemy. On the rebels came, show-
ing a determination to charge on and take our battery. But
Captain Morrison's guns were not idle ; they poured grape and
canister into them, mowing them down by scores, and driving
them back with great slaughter. But the rebels showed a
spirit worthy of a better eause : they tried again with the same
result, and never shall we forget the scenes of that day. It
did us good to see the traitor flag fall in the dust, as we lay there
eager for the charge ; perfect storms of shot and shell passed
over our heads ; our flag was twice pierced by fragments of
shell, and yet, strange as it may seem, we had only five men
wounded in this engagement. We were denied the chance of
'testing our strength hand to hand with them, still we were
-none the less ready. The officers and men promptly obeyed
: all the orders given them.
1863.]
HOUSE— No. 3.
431
After a severe punishment liad been inflicted upon tl\e
enemy, they broke and fled into the woods in great confusion,
and we were again ordered to resume our march toward New-
born. In so doing we were obliged to cross a brook into which
the enemy had lifted a water-gate, thus hoping to flood us ; but
they failed in this project. New England men are not afraid
of water ; still it was not comfortable to wade to our arm-pits,
stand an hour on the bank, and then march five miles to camp.
Nothing more of peculiar interest happened on our return
march. We had all the way the extreme left, or rear guard,
which placed us late iu camp every night.
We reached our camp, at Newborn, on Sunday, December
21st, at half-past two, P. M., happy in having done our duty,
and ready at all times to respond to its call.
This is the latest information I have from the regiment.
SIXTH REGIMENT.
Date of Commis-
NAMES.
Rank.
sions.
Residence.
Albert S. FoUansbee, .
Colonel,
May 27,1862,
Lowell.
Melvin Beal,
Lieut. Colonel, .
27, "
Lawrence.
Charles A. Stott, .
Major,
Aug. 18, "
Lowell.
Thomas 0. Allen, .
Adjutant, .
May 27, "
u
William G. Wise, .
Quartermaster, .
27, "
u
Walter Burnham, .
Surgeon, .
Aug. 18, "
li.
Georjre E. Pinkhara,
Assist. Surgeon, .
Dec. 1.3, "
li
Otis W. Humphrey,
u u
Aug. 18, "
a
John W. Hanson,
Chaplain, .
Sept. 1, "
Haverhill.
George F. Shattuck,
Captain,
Mar. 21, "
Groton.
John C. Jepson, .
" u
June 16, "
Lowell.
James W. Hart, .
a
July 21,1859,
u
Aaron C. Handley,
a
April 4,1862,
Acton.
John S. Sawyer, .
a
Sept. 6, "
Cambridge.
George L. Cady, .
a
Aug. 26, "
Lowell.
Eodney R. Ferson,
u
25, "
u
Augustine L. Hamilton,
u
22, »
Lawrence.
Charles E. A. Bartlett,
i(
30, "
Chelmsford.
Alfred J. Hall, .
a
Jan. 3, 1863,
Lowell.
Enoch J. Foster, .
1st Lieutenant, .
Mar. 10,1882,
u
Samuel G. Blood, .
(( ((
21, "
Grotoa.
John W. Hadley, .
a ((
June 18, "
Lowell.
Samuel C. Pinney,
" "
Aug. 13, "
((
Aaron S. Fletcher,
(C Ci
April 4, "
Acton.
Theodore CoUamore,
u u
Sept. 6, "
Cambridge.
Charles E. Poor, .
u a
2, "
Lowell.
Eben H. Ellenwood,
" "
Aug. 22, "
Lawrence.
Selwyn E. Bickford,
a u
26, "
Lowell.
432 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
Sixth Regiment — Continued.
[Jan.
NAMES.
Bank.
sions.
Kesidence.
William F. Wood,
1st Lieutenant, .
Aug. 30,1862,
Acton.
Alfred J. Hall,* .
2d Lieutenant, .
Mar. 10, "
Lowell.
E(hvanl D. Sawtelle,
21, "
Groton.
Isaac N. Marshall,
June 16, "
Lowell.
Hiram C. Muzzy,
Aug. 13, "
((
George W. Rand,
April 19, 1860,
Acton.
Alfred n. Pulsifer,
Aug. 26,1862,
Lowell.
Albert Pindar,
Sept. 2, "
u
Shapley Morgan, .
Aug. 30, "
Dracut.
Fi-ederiok G. Tyler,
Dec. 23, "
Lawrence.
George W. Snell, .
Jan. 3, 1863,
Lowell.
* Promoted Captain, January 3, 1863.
No Massachusetts man can speak of the old Sixth Regiment
"without a feeling of pride, and a glow of patriotism. It is a
Middlesex County regiment, — the county in which are Lexing-
ton, Concord, and Bunker Hill. It was the first to leave the
State, on the call of the President, when Fort Sumter was
attacked ; the first to pass through New York, Philadelphia and
Baltimore, and reach Washington ; and, by a wonderful historic
coincidence, it was the first to shed its blood in defence of the
Union, while passing tlirough Baltimore on the 19th of April,
1861, as the fathers of these men were the first to shed their blood
in th.e defence of American rights, on the 19th of April, 1775,
on Lexington Common. Therefore, when the call for the nine
months men came in August, 1862, the Sixth Regiment, which
had served with so much fidelity and honor during the three
months, was selected to lead the way once more, and by direc-
tion of your Excellency, I had the honor to address the following
letter to Colonel FoUansbee, a gentleman who had commanded
one of the companies when the regiment passed through
Baltimore : —
Adjutant-General's Office, )
Boston, August 21, 1862. j"
Colonel Follansbee, Sixth Regiment 31. V. M., Lowell, Mass. : — •
Colonel, — I am directed by the Commander-in-Chief to inform you
tliat the regiment which you command is ordered to leave camp at
Lowell, on Monday, the first day of September, for the city of Wash-
ington, there to report to the Adjutant-General of the United States, or
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3. 433
to such other officer as may be designated in subsequent orders. You
will therefore make preparations as speedily as possible for your
departure.
The Sixth Regiment was the first to leave the soil of Massachusetts
in April 1861, to march to the defence of the Capital, to maintain the
authority of tlie United States. It furnished the first martyrs for con-
stitutional liberty in this rebellion. It went forth from us with the bles-
sings of a free people; it came back to us honored and beloved, with its
laurel wreath, and its martyr's crown. It is the historic regiment of the
Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, and it is the wish of His Excellency
that it shall remain so, and therefore he accords to it the honor of again
leading the column of the militia of the United States to the seat of war,
to help finish the work of crushing this rebellion, which it began in
Baltimore, on the 19th of April, 1861.
Respectfully yours,
William Schoulf.r, Adjutant- General.
The Sixth Regiment was in camp at Lowell, to recruit to tlie
maximum. Tlie camp was designated "Camp Henry Wilson,"
ill honor of Hon. Henry Wilson, U. S. Senator. It soon was
filled to the full standard, and in obedience to its orders, pro-
ceeded at once to Washington. It was the first of the nine
months' regiments to leave the State. The following extract
from a letter, which I received from Colonel Follansbee, will be
read with interest. It is dated
Suffolk, Va., November 11, 1862.
Nothing has transpired since we left Massachusetts of much interest.
During our journey here there was one continued ovation, from Boston
to Washington. It seemed as if the people along the route could not do
enough for us. We left Washington the 13th of September, on the
steamers " John A. Warner " and " Swan," with orders to report to
General Dix, at Fortress Monroe. On our arrival at the fort we were
ordered to report to Brigadier- General O. S. Ferry, at Suffolk. We
left the same day, after receiving our tents, and arrived here on the 15th
day of September. After getting our camp regulated, details were
made on the regiment for working parties of from two to four hundred
men daily, for the purpose of cutting timber, building forts, digging rifle
pits, &c. These details have been made up to the present time. How
much longer they are to continue we cannot tell, but every thing indi-
cates enough to do at present. The health of the regiment has been
remarkably good, but two men having died. We have now a mosk
55
434
ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
[Jan.
excellent hospital — a large, fine house, that was vacated by Rev. Mr.
Wellons, who had liberty to pass outside the lines to his friends in North
Carolina. We are now brigaded with the One Hundred and Twelfth
New York, and are under the comraaud of Colonel R. S. Foster, of the
Thirteenth Indiana. On the 3d day of October the regiment was
ordered to Windsor, to support a reconnoissance made by the Eleventh
Pennsylvania Cavalry, First New York Mounted Rifles, and a battery
from the Fourth U. S. Artillery. The regiment formed a part of
another reconnoissance that was made on the 24th of October to the
Blackwater River, near the town of Zuni, a distance of thirty miles.
The opposite bank of the river was shelled for a considerable distance,
but no response of any consequence being made, the force returned to
camp the next day. The regiment are busy at work, when time will
allow, building Avinter quarters, and we have some very respectable
log-houses built. How long we can stop here to enjoy them is a matter
of doubt. Several men deserted the regiment in Boston and New Yoi'k
during our trip out.
Deaths in hospital, 2 ; desertions, 7 ; left at Lowell, sick, 1.
The regiment still remains at Suffolk.
EIGHTH REGIMENT.
Date of Comniis-
Kank.
sions.
Residence.
Colonel,
May
26, 1862,
Newburyport
Lieut. Colonel, .
Nov.
3, "
Lynn.
Major,
May
26, "
Beverly.
Adjutant, .
Sept.
21, "
Marblehead.
Quartermaster, .
June
12, "
Lynn.
Surgeon,
Oct.
2, "
Beverly.
Assist. Surgeon, .
2, "
Wenham.
Chaplain, .
2 "
Beverly.
Captain,
Aug.
21,' "
Boston.
"
June
8, 1859,
Marblehead.
"
Mar.
13, 1862,
"
((
June
4, 1860,
Lynn.
a
16, 1857,
Beverly.
u
Mar.
17, 1862,
Gloucester.
u
April 29, "
Lynn.
((
Sept.
13, "
Danvers.
ti
Oct.
30, "
Springfield.
! !
Nov.
3, "
Lynn.
1st Lieutenant, .
Aug.
21, "
Newburyport.
" "
Mar.
26, «
Marblehead.
" "
Oct.
3, "
((
" "
June
4, 1860,
Lynn.
" "
Mar.
14, 1862,
Beverly.
Frederick J. Coffin,
James Hudson, Jr.,
Israel W. Wallis, .
Benjamin F. Peach, Jr.
Ephraim A. Ingalls,
Charles Haddock, .
.John L. Robinson,
John C. Kimball, .
Stephen Davis Gardiner,
Richard Phillips, .
Samuel C. Graves,
George T. Newhall,
Francis E. Porter,
])avid W. Low, .
Thomas Herbert, .
Albert G. Allen, .
George K. Davis, .
Henry Stone,
Jos. Ijawrencc Johnson,
Benjamin L. Mitchell,
Lorenzo F. Linnell,
Thomas H. Berry,
Hugh J. Munsey, .
1863.]
HOUSE— No. 3.
Eic/hth Regiment — Continued.
436
- -
Date of Commis-
—
NAMES.
Kank.
sions.
Residence.
Edward L. Rovve, .
1st Lieutenant, .
Mar.
19,1862,
Gloucester.
Charles B. Saunderson, .
"
"
Sept.
22, "
Lynn.
Edwin Bailey,
t(
u
13^ "
Danvers.
AVilliam J. Landon,
((
u
Oct.
30, "
Springfield.
^Matthias N. Snow,
"
((
Nov.
3, "
Lynn.
Eben Plumer Cutter, .
2d Lieutenant, .
Sept.
2 "
Newburyport.
Stuart F. McClearn,
u
Aug.
2l\ "
Marblehead.
William H. Merritt,
u
May
26, "
Lynn.
Eleazer Giles,
u
21, 1859,
Beverly.
Samuel Fears,
i(
Mar.
19,1862,
Gloucester.
Benjamin E. Newhall, .
"
Sept.
13, " .
Danvers.
Jeremiah C. Bacheller, .
il
22 "
Lynn.
Samuel Roads,
u
Oct.
l\ "
Marblehead.
Christopher J.. Plaisted, .
u
30, "
Boston.
George Watts,
u
Nov.
3, "
Lynn.
The Eighth Regiment was a militia organization in the
Second Division, and served with distinction under Colonel
Hinks, in the three months' service. When the call was made
for the nine months regiments, the Eighth was among the first
to volunteer. It was sent to " Camp Lander," in Wenham,
where it was recruited to the maximum number. It received
marching orders November 7th, to proceed by transports from
Boston to Newbern, N. C, to report for duty to Major-General
Foster. As soon as transportation was ready it broke camp,
came to Boston, entered on board the transports, and sailed
that night for Newbern, which port it reached without accident,
and there it remained when last heard from.
The Eighth is a splendid regiment, and is well officered,
many of the officers having been distinguished in the militia
service, and during the three months term of service in 18(51.
While the Report was going through the press, I received a
letter from Colonel Coffin, from which the following is an
extract : —
Head-Quarters Eighth Regiment, M. V. M., )
Newbern, N. C, February 4, 1863. )
General, — It was my intention to send forward with the monthly
return of this regiment an official letter, but the Adjutant mailed the
return before I was awafe of his intention. I therefore take the
present opportunity for doing so.
436 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
Upon our arrival here we were quartered in the camp of the Tenth
Connecticut Regiment, which had just been vacated. We occupied that
earap until the 25th of January, just two months from our leaving Wen-
ham, Mass. We are now at " Fort Totten," two companies (G and K)
inside tlie fort, (taking the place of two artillery companies, Avhich have
gone with the expedition,) and six in camp, just outside the walls, com-
jianies A and E remaining at Roanoke ; Captain Porter, of Company
E. being in command of that post.
We were brigaded with the Ninth New Jersey, Third and Twenty-
Third Massachusetts regiments, under Brigadier-General Heckman, but
it was found that our arms were " unfit for service," and were con-
demned ; and in consequence a reorganization was made, which placed
xii with the Third Massachusetts and the One-Hundred and Thirty-
Second and the One-Hundred and Fifty-Eighth New York regiments,
under the command of Colonel Jourdan, (senior officer.) •
General Heckman personally expressed his regrets in strong language,
that our arras would not permit our being retained in his command. He
also addressed me a letter, of which the following is a copy : —
Head-Quarters First Brigade, Nagi.ee's Division, )
Newbern, N. C, January 12, 1863. )
Colonel, — Tn the report of my Assistant Adjutant-General, who inspected
and mustered your regiment last muster, the arms you now have were con-
demned. I have made every etfort to have tliem changed, to retain you in
my brigade, but time would not permit. Another regiment has been assigned.
Accept my regrets that your regiment was not in a position to remain, (as
regards equipment.)
Tlie soldierly appearance and conduct of j'our officers and men made a
favorable impression, and I part with you witli reluctance.
Very respectfully yours,
C. A. Heckman, Brigadier- Geneo'ol,
Commanding 1st Brigade, Naglee^s Division, 18th Army Corps,
We have brigade drills three afternoons each week and battalion drills
the other days, and are perfecting ourselves otherwise, quite rapidly.
The sanitary condition of the regiment is remarkably good, very few
being on the sick list, and no deaths having occurred since we left Mas-
sachusetts; neither has anyone been dangerously sick. This is the
moi'e remarkable from the fact that our tents (those formerly occupied
by the Tenth Connecticut,) are very old, tattered and torn, and in fact,
like our muskets, " unfit for service."
The ground which our camp occupies, is low, and so porous that it
holds water like a sponge ; but a vigorous use of the spade has trenched
it i-ound about, so that it is soon drained after a storm. Our men are
comfortable and contented, and ready for any service.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
F. J. Coffin, Colonel Commanding.
Brig. Gen. Wm. Schouler, Adjutant- General Massachusetts.
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3.
FORTY-SEC OWD BEGIMENT.
437
Date of Commls-
K A M E S .
Rank.
3lons.
Residence.
Isaac S. Burrell, .
Colonel,
Nov.
6,:
1862,
Roxbury.
Joseph Stedman, .
Lieut. Colonel, .
6,
a
Medfield.
Frederick G. Stiles,
Major,
6,
a
Worcester.
Charles A. Davis, .
Adjutant, .
11,
((
Roxbury,
Cliarles B. Burrell,
Quartermaster, .
11,
((
Boston.
Ariel J. Cummings,
Surgeon, .
11,
ii
Roxbuiy.
Thomas B. Hitchcock, .
Assist. Surgeon, .
11,
u
Newton.
Rush B. Heintzelman, .
U t(
27,
a
Philadelphia.
George J. Sanger,
Chaplain, .
13,
u
Hard wick.
Orville W. Leonard,
Captain,
April
29,
u
Boston.
George Sherive, .
May
26,
a
Roxbury.
Alfred N. Proctor,
April
22,
u
Boston.
Hiram S. Coburn, .
Aug.
27,
a
Weymouth.
Cyrus Savage,
Sept.
4,'
a
Dorchester.
David W. Bailey, .
17,
u
Chelsea.
John D. Coggswell,
12,
a
Leicester.
George P. Davis, .
25,
n
Ware.
Ira B. Cook, .
Nov.
12,
u
Bellingham.
Charles A. Pratt, .
12,
a
West Boylston.
Isaac B. White,
1st Lieutenant, .
April
29,
u
Boston.
William H. Cowdin,
a n
May
26,
It
Roxbury.
Albert E. Proctor,
It a
April
1;2
n
Boston.
Martin Burrell, Jr.,
a u
Aug.
27^
u
Weymouth.
Samuel F. White, .
" "
Sept.
4,
a
Dorchester.
David Allen Partridge, .
a ((
Aug.
28,
u
Med way.
Charles C. Phillips,
a a
Sept.
17,
u
Hopkinton.
John W. Emerson,
U il ■
11,
a
Millbury.
Timothy M. Duncan, .
" "
12,
u
N. Brookfield.
Henry A. Harding,
" "
Nov.
16,
n
Worcester.
Darius F. Eddy, .
2d Lieutenant, .
Aug.
^,
((
Dorchester.
John P. Burrell, .
(1 u
27,
((
Weymouth.
Benjamin F. Bartlett, .
" "
Sept.
4,
((
Dorchester.
Augustus L. Gould,
" "
17,
<(
Chelsea.
Lyman A. Powers,
" "
12,
((
Spencer.
J. Martin Gorham,
" "
25,
((
Barre.
Thaddeus H. Newcomb,
" "
Oct.
22,
u
Quincy.
Joseph Sanderson, Jr,, .
" "
30,
a
Boston.
Joseph C. Clifford,
" "
Nov.
12,
a
Medway.
Brown S. Stowell,
U IC
12,
((
Boston.
The nucleus of this regiment was the Second Regiment
M. Y. M., which, having volunteered when the call was made
for nine months men, was sent to " Camp Meigs," Readville,
where it remained until it was recruited to the full standard.
As we had already a Second Regiment in the three years'
service, this one was designated the Forty-Second Regiment.
438 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
This regiment was assigned to the Department" of the Gulf,
and on the 19th of November, 1862, received orders to break
camp and proceed to New York, and report to Major-General
Banks. The regiment remained in camp at Long Island, New
York, until transports were ready to receive them. The Forty-
Second left New York for New Orleans, about the 1st of
December. Upon arriving at its destination, three companies,
under command of Colonel Burrell, were ordered to Galveston,
Texas. The remaining seven companies were left at Carroll-
ton, Louisiana.
The three companies at Galveston, after fighting bravely,
were captured. The following j letters which I have received
from Adjutant Davis and Lieutenant-Colonel Stedman, while
this Report was going through the press, will be read with
interest. They form an important part of the history of the
Forty-Second : —
Head-Quarters, 42d Regiment Mass. Vol. Militia, ~^
In Camp at Carrollton, La., Jan. 10, 1863. j
General, — I Lave to report that on the 21st of December, 1862,
companies G, D, and I, of this regiment, under the command of Colonel
I. S. Burrell, left New Orleans, in the steamer " Saxon," for Galveston ;
(the remaining companies were to proceed thither as fast as they
arrived here.) Colonel Burrell's orders were to '■'■ land and take post.''
He also received from the chief quartermaster some vei'bal advice to
consult with the commander of the naval force thei'e in reference to the
course he would pursue on arrival. We arrived there on the 24th.
Colonel Burrell immediately consulted with Commodore Renshaw, of
the gunboat " AVestfield," in command, and by his advice we landed on
Kuhn's Wharf on the morning of the 25th. On several subsequent
occasions, the officers of the gunboats assured us of entire and perfect
safety in our position, against any attack by the enemy. About three
o'clock on the morning of January 1st, 1863, soon after the moon had
gone down, our pickets were driven in by the enemy, who were ad-
vancing with their artillery. We instantly formed in line on the wharf,
behind our barricades, and at the same time we signalized the gunboats
that the enemy were upon us. The enemy then opened lire on us with
liis artillery, which was responded to by the gunboats. Our quarters
had been a wooden building on the wharf, which we had barricaded on
the inside. We had also barricaded the wharf in two places. At this
building most of the enemy's shots were dii-ected, and it was there that
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3. 439
most of our damnge was received. An attempt of the enemy to cap-
ture us at one time before dayliglit was successfully resisted by our
men. Soon after daylight we discovered four rebel gunboats and a ram
making for our fleet. They succeeded in capturing the " Harriet Lane."
At eight o'clock, A. M., a flag of truce was raised by the enemy on
the " Harriet Lane," and on shore. Flags of truce were then raised by
the several gunboats, and finally by Colonel Burrell on the wharf.
Colonel Burrell not having any information as to the reason of this ces-
sation of firing, then ordered me to go on board the gunboats and find
out the object of the flags of truce, and also to get the gunboats to come
up to the wharf, and take our men off, the enemy being too strong for
us to contend against on shore. I got on board the " Owasco," the
'' Westfield" being aground some three miles further ofi^. Captain Law,
of the " Clifton," had gone on board the " Westfield," and while awaiting
his return in order to get an answer to my request, I saw, from the deck
of the " Owasco," our men being marched off prisoners by the enemy.
This was done while the flags of truce were still flying at all points.
On Captain Law's return he informed me that the gunboats would pro-
ceed to sea immediately; so finding our men had been captured, by
advice of the naval officers I remained on board the gunboat, and
proceeded to New Orleans and reported in person to Major-General
Banks.
I do not think over twenty of our troops Avere wounded, and I do not
know that any were killed. Li addition to the three companies men-
tioned, with their officers, there were taken prisoners Colonel L S.
Burrell, Surgeon A. J. Cummings, Chaplain George J. Sanger, also
Lieutenant B. S. Stowell, of Company E.
We had intrenching tools for five hundred inen, some thirty days'
commissary supplies, with three months' medical stores, and about
twenty-five thousand rounds of ammunition, all of which were lost, as
also, I regret to say, were both of our regimental colors. The force
of the enemy on shore was not less than three thousand troops, with
some twenty pieces of artillery, most of them being apparently twelve-
pounders, with some rifled guns. They had also planted on the eastern
point -of the island three thirty-pounder rifled Parrott guns. According
to their own account, there were not less than the same number of
troops on their various gunboats. I know nothing of the loss of the
enemy, but judge it must have been large. The gunboat "Westfield"
being aground, was blown up, to prevent its falling into the hands
of the enemy; Commodore Kenshaw, with four of his chief officers,
and six of his men, being Mown up in her.
I have to say that every thing possible was done by our men that
could be. They held clear the wharf on which we were situated until
440 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
the flags of truce were raised ; also drove the enemy from one of his
guns, and by their well directed fire prevented its being retaken again
during the action.
The remaining seven companies of the regiment are now in camp at
this place, under command of Lieutenant-Colonel J. Stedman.
I have the honor to remain, General,
Respectfully your obedient servant,
Chas. a. Davis, Adjutant 42c? RegH Mass. Vols.
To Brigadier-General Wm. Schouler, Adjutant- General of Mass.
Head-Quarters Forty-Second Mass. Vols., \
Camp Mansfield, Carrollton, La., Jan. 12, 1863. )
To William Schouler, Adjutant- General: —
Sir, — I have the honor to report that seven companies of the Forty-
Second Massachusetts Volunteers, — viz. : Companies A, B, C, E, F, H
and K, — are in camp at this place, where we were ordered by the
commanding general after the news of the affair at Galveston, Texas.
The account of the engagement, and the capture of these companies, —
D, I, and G, — have been transmitted by the adjutant of the regiment,
who was on the ground at the time, but escaped being captured with the
others. Two companies, — C and H, — under command of Major F. G.
Stiles, reached this camp to-day, after a passage of forty-one days from
New York. We are encamped in as good a location as can be found in
this vicinity, though poor enough at the best. The health of the regi-
ment has been generally good until the past few days, since which time
numerous cases of sickness have occurred. Our surgeon having been
captured, and our assistant-surgeon being sick, we are obliged to depend
on details made by t^e medical director. I trust that the second assist-
ant-surgeon allowed by law may be sent to us without delay, as we are
really suffering for want of medical attendance.
The regimen la] colors were lost at Galveston, and I would respectfully
inquire if the State of Massachusetts will furnish us with another stand
of State colors.
All our regimental books and records were also lost, which circum-
stance will cause considerable delay in getting our regimental business
in proper form again ; but I hope in a short time to get the Forty-Second
Regiment, as it stands to-day, in condition yet to do good service to the
country, and make it an honor to Massachusetts.
With the highest consideration.
Your obedient servant,
•Joseph Stedman,
Lieut. Colonel Com'g Forty-Second Mass. Vols.
1863.]
HOUSE— No. 3.
441
To the request made by Licutcnaut-Coloncl Stedman for a
new set of colors, your Excellency was pleased to say : —
" To the Adjutant- General : —
" You will please, under the circumstances under which the regimen-
tal colors of the Forty-Second Regiment were lost, and the bravery
and good conduct of the three companies under command of Colonel
Burrell at Galveston, cause a new set of colors to be forwarded for the
regiment to Lieutenant-Colonel Stedman.
John A. Andrew, Governor of Massachusetts."
FORTY-THIRD REGIMENT.
Date of Commis-
NAMES.
Bank.
sions.
Residence.
Charles L. Holbrook, .
Colonel,
Oct. 13,
1862,
Boston.
John C. Whiten, .
Lieut. Colonel, .
13,
(1
((
Everett Lane,
Major,
20,
u
Abington.
James M. Whitney,
Adjutant, .
IL
u
West Roxbury.
Henry A. Turner,
Quartermaster, .
14,
(1
Boston.
A. Carter Webber,
Surgeon, .
20,
u
Cambridge.
Augustus Mason, .
Assist. Surgeon, .
30,
((
Brighton.
Jacob M. Manning,
Chaplain, •
14,
a
Boston.
Charles W. Soule,
Captain,
Sept. 2,
a
Scituate.
Thomas G. Whytal,
a
6,
u
West Roxbury.
George B. Hanover,
a
8,
(1
Chelsea.
Henr)^ Doane,
11
13,
((
Orleans.
John Emery Rounds, .
n
13,
u
Cambridge.
Edward G. Quincy,
u
18,
u
Boston.
William B. Fowle, Jr., .
u
22,
((
(1
George 0. Tyler, .
u
9,
u
Cambridge.
Henry J. Hallgreen,
u
Oct. 14,
((
Chelsea.
Josiah Soule, Jr., .
((
22,
u
Abington.
Henry S. Bates, .
1st Lieutenant, .
Sept. 2,
u
Marshfield.
Edward A. Sumner,
" "
6,
u
Dedham.
William Bradbury,
" "
8,
li
Chelsea.
Joseph William Paine, .
" "
13,
u
Roxbury.
Lucien P. Kimpton,
" "
13,
a
West Roxbury.
William Jordan, .
U li
18,
a
Boston.
Augustine Sanderson, .
" "
22,
u
u
Robert Torrey, Jr.,
" "
9,
u
Cambridge.
George Chadbourne,
" "
Oct. 14,
((
Roxbury.
Lysander Poole, .
" "
22,
a
Abington.
Nathan S. Oakman,
2d Lieutenant, .
Sept. 2,
u
Hanover.
James Schouler, .
(1 a
6,
u
Dedham.
D. C. Colesworthy, Jr., .
" "
8,
a
Chelsea.
Geo. Henry Nickerson, .
a a
13,
a
Orleans.
John W. Fletcher,
" "
13,
u
Chelsea.
John C. Sanborn, .
U li
18,
u
Boston.
John F. Thayer, .
u u
22,
a
a
Oliver H. Webber, " .
a ((
9,
a
Cambridge.
Joseph B. Warne,
" "
Oct. 22,
u
Abington.
Lucius A. Wheelock, .
" "
Nov. 10,
a
Boston.
56
442
ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
[Jan.
The Forty-Third Regiment, familiarly known as the " Tiger
Regiment," was recruited chiefly through the influence of the
Second Battalion, M. V. M., First Brigade, First Division.
The battalion formed the nucleus of the regiment, and many
of the officers were connected with it in one capacity or an other.
The battalion volunteered for the nine months service, and was
sent to Camp Meigs, Readville, where it remained until it was
rjccruited to a maximum regiment, and its officers elected and
commissioned.
On the 24th of October it received orders to join the army
of Major-General Foster, at Newbern, N. C, and left Boston in
transports, together with the Forty-Fifth and Forty-Sixth Regi-
ments, for its destination. While the transports with the three
regiments on board, were in Boston harbor, they were detained
several days by a severe storm which caused much suffering
among the troops. The regiments arrived at Newbern, however,
without any serious mishap or loss of life. The Forty-Third
has remained in camp near Newbern since its arrival. No
report has been received at these head-quarters, from the regi-
ment since it left the Commonwealth. It is well officered, and
will give a good account of itself whenever an opportunity
occurs.
FORTY-FOURTH REGIMENT.
Date of Commis-
sions.
Francis L. Lee,
Edwai-d C. Cabot,
Cliarles W. Dabney, Jr.,
Wallace Hinkley, .
Francis Bush, Jr.,
Robert Ware,
Theodore W. Fisher, .
Edward H. Hall, .
James M. Richardson, .
flohn ]\1. Griswold,
Jacob II. Lcthibard,
Henry D. Sullivan,
Spencer W. Richardson,
Charles Storrow, .
Charles Hunt,
William V. Smith,
Joseph R. Kendall,
Frank W. Reynolds,
Colonel,
Lieut. Colonel,
Major, ■ .
Adjutant, .
Quartei'master,
Surgeon, .
Assist. Surgeon,
Chaplain, .
Captain,
. Aug. 25,
1862,
25,
t(
25,
u
26,
11
26,
ii
29,
(I
29,
u
29,
u
29,
(1
27,
11
00
u
22,
u
22
((
22,
(1
22,
(1
oo
"
90
li
22,
il
Newton.
Brookline.
W. Roxbury.
Lowell.
Boston.
u
Medway.
Plymouth.
Hubbardston.
Newton.
Boston.
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3.
Forty-Fourth Regiment — Continued.
443
Date of Commis-
sions.
Kesldcnce.
.Tared Coffin,
John A. Keni'ick, Jr.,
George B. Lombard,
James II. Blake, Jr.,
James S. Newell, .
Alfred S. Hartweli,
James C. White, .
Edward C. Johnson,
William D. Hooper,
Richard H. Weld,
Charles G. Kendall,
Charles C. Soule, .
James W. Briggs, .
Asa H. Stebbins, .
James S. Cumston,
Theodore E. Taylor,
Fredei-ick Odiorne,
Albert R. Howe, .
Benjamin F. Field, Jr.
Fred. T. Brown, .
1st Lieutenant,
2d Lieutenant,
Aug. 20,
Oct. 14,
Aug. 22,
22,
22,
¥i
22
09'
"'-'J
22
22',
29,
Oct. 22,
Aug. 22,
22,
90
22,
22]
00'
■"■')
90
18G2,
Boston.
Newton.
Boston.
Natick.
Milton.
Boston.
W. Roxbury,
Boston.
Brookline.
Boston.
Newton.
Boston.
Brookline.
Boston.
W. Roxbury.
This regiment was recruited by Colonel Francis L. Lee,
Major of the Fourth Battalion, First Brigade, First Division
M. V. M., and many of the officers were members of that
organization. Nearly the whole battalion volunteered in a
body, and were ordered to " Camp Meigs," Readville, to recruit
to a regiment. Like the Twenty-Fourth (three years' regiment)
the Forty-Fourth was familiarly known as the New England
Guard Regiment. On the 2d of October it received orders to
proceed by transports from Boston to Newbern, N. C, and
report for duty to Major-General Foster, (but did not leave
imtil October 22d,) where it arrived without any accident, and
remains there at the present time.
This regiment took part in the expedition from Newbern to
Tarboro', three days after its arrival. It had been mustered
into service only six weeks previous to its receiving orders to
proceed on this expedition. It suffered considerably in the
long and rapid marches, and exposure to snow and rain, which
the men bore with patience. General Foster remarked that they
were the gayest of all the troops, and greeted him with cheers
whenever he came in sight. The regiment was engaged in the
444 ADJUTANT^GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
fight near Williamston. Two companies were sent off on a
detour towards Tarboro' with a company of cavalry, and had an
exchange of shots with the enemy. Tliey were nnder fire, in
the dark, in the middle of a stream. The enemy, concealed by a
wooded bank, fired into them for some time. They behaved to
tlie entire satisfaction of their colonel, and General Stevenson
said they behaved as well as men could.
In the various skirmishes on their way to Goldsboro' they
also behaved well. General Stevenson, speaking of the expedi-
tion to Tarboro' said, tlie only time that the whole regiment
was under fire, that amounted to any thing, was at Whitehall,
where he happened to be stationed at the time. It would have
been impossible for any regiment to have done better than they
did. He ordered them into position, which they did with
perfect coolness, although under fire; not a single man hung
back.
I make the following extract from a letter received by me
from Colonel Lee, dated Newbern, November 22d, 1862 : —
" On the 29th of August last, the regiment, then but just organized,
was ordered to proceed to ' Camp Meigs,' Readville, Mass., where it
remained for nearly eight weeks. During the greater part of this time,
the camp was under the command of Brigadier-General R. A. Pierce,
who won the respect and esteem of the regiment, no less by the able
and efficient manner in which all the business relating to the post was
conducted, than by the soldierly bearing and gentlemanly demeanor
which marked all their intercourse with him. Being ordered to report
to Major-General Foster, at Newbern, the regiment left Readville,
October 2"2d, and embarked on board the steam transport Merrimac, at
Boston. Arrived at Beaufort, N. C, October 26th. The regiment was
put on board a train of open freight cars, and transported to New-
bern, thirty-six miles, in a pouring rain storm, where they arrived
the same evening, and were quartered for the night in two unoccupied
buildings. The next day, October 27th, the regiment took possession of
the camp now occupied by them, on the banks of the Neuse River. On
the 29th, marching orders were received, and the next day the regiment
left camp, carrying only their arms, haversacks and blankets, and
embarked on transports. The regiment arrived at Washington, N. C,
on the 31st, where they bivouacked, with the rest of the second brigade.
On Sunday, the 2d, the whole of General Foster's Division, about 4,000
strong, left Washington for an expedition into the country. That after-
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3. 445
noon the enc^my, wliose pickets had been driven in wlien but a short
distance from Washington, made a stand, and a skirmish ensued wliich
lasted through the night. Companies II, (Captain Wra. V. Smith's,) C,
(Captain Jacob H. Lombard's,) and E, (Captain S. W. Richardson's,) of
the Forty-Fourtli, Belger's Rhode Island Battery, and a section of the
Rhode Island JMarine Artillery, were the only federal troops engaged.
The loss of the Forty-Fourth was two killed and seven wounded. The
condu(;t of both officers and men was excellent, throughout the entire
skirmish, particularly that of Lieutenant George B. Lombard, of Com-
pany C, who displayed much coolness and courage. The expedition
marched through Williamston and Hamilton, to within a few miles of
Tarboro', and back through the same towns to Plymouth, where trans-
ports were provided, and the forces returned to Newbern by water.
I will also add, that Company I, (Captain Kendall,) behaved with
coolness while acting as a reserve on the evening of the 2d. Also Com-
panies A, (Captain James M. Richardson,) and G, (Captain Charles
Hunt,) which twice were on detached service on reconnoissance, per-
formed their duty admirably, and bore the long and fatiguing marches to
which they were subjected exceedingly well."
Richard Depejster gave up a good salary, and came from
New York to Boston to enlist in the Forty-Fourth Regiment.
He was rejected by the surgeon for near-sightedness, as he had
been before by the surgeon of the Twenty-Fourth Massachu-
setts. But not daunted by this rejection, he made a bargain
with Captain Smith, of Company H, to go as volunteer private,
without bounty, without pay, providing himself with clothes and
food. In selecting a few of the most trustworthy men to act as
stretcher-bearers. Colonel Lee included Depeyster, and in the
discharge of this duty, at the fight near Williamston, he lost
his arm.
There have been thousands of patriots in our army ; Depey-
ster should certainly be enrolled among them.
In the Goldsboro' expedition, the Forty-Fourth Regiment was
under fire at the skirmish nearKinston, and the next day some
fifteen miles beyond that town, at Whitehall Bridge. Colonel
Lee writes : " They marched across a high field parallel to the
river Neuse, under fire of artillery ; two men were killed, but
the men did not falter or check, but filed down into a lower field
and across it, under fire of musketry, and took position behind a
rail fence on the river bank ; men all cool and obedient ; found
where most of the fire came from — a little entrenchment td th*
446
ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
[Jan.
right of my right wing ; made the men load lying down, and
kneeling behind fence, and fire, sometimes in volleys and some-
times at will, quieting the enemy's fire, though they kept up a
hot fire on both right and left of right wing ; left wing coolly
lying down and holding their fire, occasionally firing if they
saw any thing. We retired at about two, P. M., and I was
proud of the officers and men. Our loss was eight killed and
thirteen wounded."
FORTY-FIFTH REGIMENT.
Date of Commis-
sions.
Besidence.
Charles R. Codman,
Oliver W. Peabody,
Russell Sturgis, Jr.,
Gershotn C. Winsor,
Francis A. Dewson,
Samuel Kneeland,
Joshua B. Treadwell, .
Andrew L. Stone,
Geo. Parkman Denny, .
Joseph M. Churchill,
Edward Jesse Minot,
Nath'l Willis Bumstead,
Thos. Beale Wales, Jr.,
Edwai-d T. Daland,
Joseph Murdock, .
Charles O. Rich, .
George Henry Homans,
Lewis W. Tappan, Jr., .
William S. Bond, .
Harrison Gardner,
Samuel Thaxter, .
Alpheus Holmes Hardy,
Samuel C. Ellis, .
Theodore A. Thayer, .
J. Dixwell Thompson, .
Chas. Hayward Walker,
George Edward Pond, .
Alfred Winsor, Jr.,
Abijah Hollis,
Lewis Rich'd Whittaker,
Cyrus Alger Sears,
John Frank Emmons, .
Theodore C. Hurd,
Benjamin H. Ticknor, .
Edward R. Blagden,
John Howard Robinson,
Ed. Bangs Richardson, .
Albert K. Post, .
M.
Colonel,
Lieut. Colonel,
Major,
Adjutant, .
Quartermaster,
Surgeon,
Assist. Surgeon,
Chaplain, .
Captain,
1st Lieutenant,
2d Lieutenant,
Oct.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Aug.
Sept
Oct.
8, 1862,
8, "
8, "
13, "
18, "
20, "
20, "
13, "
M, "
80, "
3, "
5, "
11, "
11, "
13, "
17, "
30, "
14, "
30, «
3, "
5, "
11, "
11, "
13, "
17, "
30, "
14, «
14, "
30, "
3, "
5, "
11, "
11, "
13, "
17, "
30, "
14, »
14, "
Boston.
Brookline.
Newton.
Boston.
Roxbury.
Boston.
Milton.
Boston.
Rosbury.
Boston.
West Roxbury.
Newton.
Boston.
Brookline.
Milton.
Franklin.
Boston.
Framingham.
West Roxbury.
Boston.
Newton.
Brookline.
New York.
1863.]
HOUSE— No.
447
This regiment, like the Forty-Fourth, was recruited at" Camp
Meigs," Readville. It was known as tlic Cadet Regiment,
deriving its appellation from the fact that Colonel Codman,
Lieutenant-Colonel Peabody, Major Sturgis, and several of the
line officers, had held commissions in, or had been prominently
connected witli the First Company of Cadets, First Division,
M. V. M.
Tiie regiment was recruited to the maximum. It received
orders on the 24th of October, 1862, to proceed from Boston to
Newborn by transports, and report to Major-General Foster.
This regiment was, with the Forty-Third and Forty-Sixth,
detained in Boston harbor several days by a severe gale, while
on board tlie transports. The regiment, however, reached its
destination without any loss of life or serious accident.
No narrative has been received from this regiment since
leaving the Commonwealth, but I learn, from sources entitled
to credit, that it has been engaged with the enemy several
times, and has borne itself honorably.
I regret that I have not material to give a more extended
account of this regiment since it left the State. It took part
in the expedition to Goldsboro'.
The following is a list of the killed and wounded at White-
hall and Kinston, in which engagements they were under a
severe fire, viz.: At Whitehall, killed, 3 ; wounded, 16. Total,
19. At Kinston, killed, 13 ; wounded, 44. Total, 57. Total
killed and wounded at Whitehall and Kinston, 76.
The field officers are gentlemen well known in this city and
vicinity, and they are regarded as among the best and bravest
of our volunteer militia.
FORTY-SIXTH BEGIMENT.
Date of Commis-
NAMES.
Kank.
sions.
Kesidence.
George Bowler,
Colonel,
Oct. 27,1862,
Westfield.
William S. Shurtleff, .
Lieut. Colonel, .
27,
Springfield.
Lucius B. Walkley,
Major,
Nov. 3,
Westfield.
James 6. Smith, .
Adjutant, .
Oct. 30,
Chicopee.
Henry M. Moorehouse, .
Quartermaster, .
30,
Springfield.
James H. Waterman, .
Surgeon, .
30,
Westfield.
Thomas Gilfillan, .
Assist. Surgeon, .
30,
Cummington.
us ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
Forty-Sixth Regiment — Continued.
[Jan.
Date of Commis-
sions.
Georfre W. Gorham,
Samuel B. Spooner,
Daniel E. Kingsbury,
Anilrew Campbell, 2d,
David E. Grimes, .
James ^l. Justin, .
Russell H. Conwell,
Francis D. Lincoln,
Francis C. Cook, .
Wm. Glidden Leonard
John Avery, •
Heni'v Wheeler, .
Joseph G. Noble, .
George H. Knapp,
Charles U. Ely, .
Horace Heath,
George H. Howe, .
William Shaw,
Reuben DeWitt, .
Elisha C. Tower, .
Lewis A. TifFt,
Amos O. Kenney,
Joseph T. Spear, .
David Bronson,
Lathrop Lee,
Charles Fay,
Julius M. Lyon, .
George S. Dixon, .
Noah Saxton Cooley,
George Mixter Stewart,
Daniel J. Marsh, .
Chaplain,
Captain,
1st Lieutenant,
2d Lieutenant,
Oct.
Au£.
Sept.
Auo;.
Sept.
Nov.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
30, 1862,
27 "
29' "
29, "
o «
5, "
9, "
9, "
10, "
16, "
24, "
29, "
29, "
2 "
5, "
9, "
9, "
10, "
16, "
24, "
1, "
29, "
29, "
■ 2, "
5' "
9, "
9, "
10, "
16, "
22, "
1, "
Holyoke.
Springfield.
Holyoke.
Westfield.
Chicopee.
W. Granville.
Worthington.
Brimfield.
Palmer.
Wilbrahara.
Westfield.
Holyoke.
^Vestfield.
Chicopee.
W. Springfield.
Russell.
Monson.
Belchertown.
Agawam.
Worthington.
Springfield.
Holyoke.
Westfield.
Chicopee.
Southwick. ■•
Chester.
Wales.
Enfield.
Longmeadow.
Wales.
Springfield.
This regiment was recrnited in the county of Hampden,
chiefly through the exertions of the Rev. Mr. Bowler, of West-
field, wlio was subsequently elected Colonel. Its place of
rendezvous was " Camp N. P. Banks," in the vicinity of Spring-
field, of which Colonel Walker, of Springfield, was appointed
Commandant.
On the 1st of November it received orders to come to Boston,
and proceed by transports to Newborn, N. C. This is one of
the regiments that was detained in the harbor by the storm,
but like the Forty-Third and Forty-Fifth, it arrived at Newbern
safely, and went into camp near Newbern.
Tliis regiment also took part in the expedition towards
Goldsboro'. I have the honor to transcribe the report made by
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3. 449
Lieutenant-Colonel ShurtlefF to Colonel Horace C. Lee, (of the
Twenty-Seventh Regiment,) comnaanding the brigade, of the
part it took in that expedition.
"I have the honor to report that, in pursuance of your Order No. 18,
dated December 10th, 1862, the Forty-Sixth Regiment of Massachusetts
Volunteer Militia left its camping ground, and entered upon its place in
line of march at seven o'clock, on the morning of Thursday, December 11th,
1862, and in company with the other regiments, and being third in line
of your brigade, were en route toward Kinston at about nine o'clock, A.M.,
continuing the march until about ten o'clock, P. M,, when it went into
camp about thirteen miles from Newbern, on the Trent Road. It
recommenced its march in the same order at nine o'clock on the morning
of December 12th, and nothing of note having transpired, again
encamped with the other regiments of your and the preceding brigades,
about twenty-eight miles from Newbern. Our march was again resumed
on the morning of Saturday, the 13th, at about nine, A. M., and continued
for about an hour, when our regiment was detached from your brigade,
and left, with two pieces of Riggs' Battery, Captain Lee, to guard and
hold certain cross roads, and the approaches from the rear and front of
the centre road, of the three roads leading to Kinston. The artillery
having been placed with excellent judgment and skill, by Captain Lee,
in position to completely command the approach in front from Kinston,
the Forty-Sixth was drawn up in line of battle behind, and in support.
Pickets were thrown forward on the Kinston road, and one Company,
(F,) under Captain Conwell, was detached and posted at two angles of a
triangle, some two hundred yards in our rear, formed by a cross by-road
connecting the road on which our main body was posted and the road
taken by the main body of the army, so that no approach upon either
road could be made by the enemy without our receiving timely warning.
We held this position until sundown, when I received orders from Major
Hoffman to advance my command four miles nearer to Kinston, up the
road on which we were then posted, and to hold and occupy certain
cross roads indicated, until further orders. This order we executed,
making the march after nightfall. I detached Company D, (Captain
Grimes,) to march some fifty yards in advance, and then threw forward
ten men, under Lieutenant Knapp, as an advance guard against surprise.
Having arrived at the position indicated, the artillery was placed in
position by Captain Lee, the infantry drawn up in line in support in the
edge of the woods, skirting the cross road ; the several roads thoroughly
picketed ; the main road in front and a cross road leading to the right
by Captain Grimes' Company, divided so as to make three posts, in
charge respectively of Captain Grimes, Lieutenant Knapp, and Lieu-
57
450 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
tenant Bronson ; the road in our rear picketed with two posts frona
Captain Kingsbury's Company, (B,) and the road leading to the left,
and towards the position of tlie advance of the army ; and the road in
our immediate right and left front by detachments from Captain Lincoln's
Company, (G.) Our baggage train I brought forward and placed on
our left, on the cross road leading to the rear of the advance, and of
course between our left and our pickets. The men were then ordered
to lie upon their arms, and of course no camp fires were allowed. This
position we occupied undisturbed until morning, our pickets bringing in
one prisoner, whom I delivered to the care of the rear guard ; and then,
in pursuance of an order from Major Hoffman, received about midnight,
we proceeded, at seven, A. M., of the next day to rejoin the main body,
arriving just in time to take our proper place in line, where we continued
until the advance becoming engaged near Kinston, we were sent, by your
orders, forward to support a battery, not then, however, engaged. After
the engagement at Kinston was over, we, under your orders, resumed
our former position in line, and entering Kinston, encamped there with
the rest of your brigade.
" Resuming our march, on the following morning (MondayJ we pre-
served our place in line until, the advance being engaged at Whitehall,
with the artillery, under your orders we passed forward, following the
Twenty-Fifth Massachusetts, and formed in line on its left, but were
immediately after by you ordered into line of march again. At this
time some fifty men were detached under orders purporting, and
believed, to come from Major-General Foster, to remain at Whitehall,
as sharpshooters. We then proceeded in our proper place, and encamp-
ed about six, P. M. Our detachment of sharpshooters all reported to
the regiment before morning, with the exception of one, Chapin, of
Company I, who was wounded by a rifle ball from the enemy's sharp-
shooters, in the arm, not dangerously. Our march was resumed in
place on the following morning, about half-past seven o'clock, and upon
arriving near the line of the Wilmington Railroad, your brigade engag-
ing the enemy, we were ordered up and formed line in support of
Belger's Battery, in a position taken at first, but at once changed before
it engaged the enemy — we following it, and supporting it in its new
position on the brow of a hill, commanding the railroad and woods
around the railroad bridge. This position we occupied until, the bridge
having been burned, and the track torn up, the battery retired, and we
were ordered to follow it, en route for Newbern.
" Pending, however, forming the line for the march, the enemy
reappearing to the right and front of our late position, and threatening
tlie battery left to cover our retiring force, as well as our flank, we were
ordered back, and at once formed in rear of the Third Massachusetts.
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3. 451
In this position we remained, the men lying down, being subjected to a
somewhat annoying fire of the enemy's battery on our left, but without
having any opportunity to engage any portion of his force, until under
your orders, (the enemy's batteries havfng been cither silenced or with-
drawn, and his infantry retired,) we resumed our place in line, en route
again for Newbern, having at the outset to ford a raill-sti'eam rendered
swift and deep by the raising of the flood-gates by the enemy, as we
supposed. In this action, and while occupying our position after the
renewal of the engagement, I regret to state that we had one man, one
Wall, of Ilolyoke, Mass., a member of Company B, mortally wounded,
and three others wounded by the shell of the enemy, the details of
which I give in paper marked A, appended hereto.
" Continuing our march, we encamped with the rest of your brigade,
about ten o'clock, P. M., at our camping ground of the previous night,
and resuming our march on the following morning, at eight o'clock,
reached camp at about eleven o'clock, P. M., after a march toilsome and
harrassing to the men to the last degree. Resuming our march at eight
o'clock, A. M., on the following day, after a comparatively easy march
of some twelve miles, we encamped about six miles below Kinston,
passiug down the river road. Resuming our march in our place in line?
on the day following, at eight o'clock, A. M., we again encamped at six
o'clock, some thirteen miles from Newbern, on the Trent road ; and from
this place our ambulances, without halting, were »sent forward, under
charge of Major James H. Waterman, surgeon of our regiment, then in
charge of the ambulance train, to Newbern, our wagons following at
early morning, in advance of the brigade. Resuming our march at seven
o'clock, A. M., we arrived at Newbern, and our camping-ground, about
two o'clock, P. M., the men very footsore and Aveary, otherwise in good
condition and spirits.
" I am happy to be able to state, that from my careful observation of
tlie men under my command, both under the trials of toilsome marches,
and the excitement of anticipated engagement with the enemy, I believe
you have in them a body upon whom you may with confidence rely,
should occasion require you to use them in any of the ways that the
exigencies of the service may require.
" I am happy also to bear witness to the energetic and conscientiously
careful discharge of duty on the part of Captain Lee, with whom I was
associated, as I have stated, and to whom I am greatly indebted for valu-
able assistance and counsel on our solitary night march and bivouac,
and who, I am glad to learn, on subsequent detached duty, added to his
reputation, and performed valuable service. I should deprive myself
also of a pleasure if I omitted to call to your notice the fact, that the
adjutant of our regiment, James G. Smith, commencing the expedition
452
ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
[Jan.
suffering from a painful accidental shot wound in the leg, still insisted
upon accompanying the regiment, and though having double duty to
perform, in the absence of one of the field officers, still manfully
endured all the toils of the march and the field, and rendered me inval-
uable service in the management and control of the regiment.
" I should also state that Colonel Bowler accompanied the expedition
until after the affair at Kinston, but was unable by reason of indisposi-
tion to assume command, and felt constrained, by increasing illness, to
return to Newbern on the moi'ning of the third day of the expedition."
FORTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT.
Date of Comniis-
NAMES.
Bank.
sions.
Kesldence.
Lucius B. Marsh, .
Colonel,
Oct.
31,
1862,
Boston.
Albert Stickney, .
Lieut. Colonel, .
Nov,
6,
11
Cambridge.
Austin S. Cushman,
Major,
6,
11
New Bedford.
Eli C. Kinsley,
Adjutant, .
4,
u
Cambridge.
George N. Nichols,
Quartermaster, .
4,
u
Roxbury.
John'Blackmer, .
Surgeon, .
4,
u
Somerville.
Frederick W. Mercer, .
Assist. Surgeon, .
4,
11
Boston.
George H. Hepworth, .
Chaplain, .
6,
11
11
Charles Callender,
Captain, .
Sept.
17,
11
Charlestown.
John W. McGregor,
u
11,
If
Cambridge.
Lemuel T. Starkey,
11
12,
11
Attleborough.
Samuel Otis Laforest, * .
11
Oct.
11,
11
Boston.
Edwin L. Bird, .
11
23,
It
If
Josiah A. Osgood,
11
30,
11
Chelsea.
Richard Barrett, .
11
Mar.
26,
11
Concord.
Alpheus Hyatt,
11
Nov.
7,
11
Cambridge.
Joseph Burt, Jr., .
It
8,
It
New Bedford.
John Prince Burbeck, .
11
Dec.
10,
ft
Boston.
Charles G. Pease, .
1st Lieutenant, .
Sept.
17,
11
Charlestown.
Jared Shepard,
" "
11,
It
Cambridge.
Francis S. Draper,
11 11
12,
11
Attleborough.
Granville G. Redding, .
11 11
Oct.
11,
11
Roxbury.
Albert H. Townsend, .
11 11
23,
11
Boston.
Lewis E. Munroe,
(1 11
30,
11
Roxbury.
Humphrey H. Buttrick,
11 11
Mar.
26,
11
Concord.
Charles B. Stevens,
11 11
Nov.
7,
11
Cambridge.
William H. Topham, .
" "
8,
11
New Bedford.
George Lowell Shaw, .
" "
Dec.
10,
It
Boston.
Benjamin F. Hatch,
2d Lieutenant, .
Sept
17,
11
Charlestown.
Edward B. P. Kinsley, .
11 It
11,
It
Cambridge.
Everett S. Horton,
It 11
12,
11
Attleborough.
Chas. Bryden Spencer, .
11 It
Oct.
11,
11
Roxbury.
William B. Hand, .
" "
23,
11
Boston.
James W. Converse, Jr.,
11 11
30,
It
11
George F. Hall, .
11 u
Mar.
26,
."
Concord.
Samuel L Blane, .
(1 11
Nov.
8,
It
New Bedford.
Stephen S. Harris,
" It
28,
11
Cambridge.
John J. Currier, .
U 11
Dec.
10,
11
Boston.
1863.]
HOUSE— No. 3.
453
This regiment was raised by Lucius B. Marsh, Esq., a promi-
nent merchant in the city of Boston, and while bcinf^ recruited
was familiarly known as the " Merchants' Guard Regiment."
It was sent to " Camp Edwin M. Stanton," Boxford, where it
remained until within a few weeks of its departure from the
State, when it was ordered to " Camp Meigs," Rcadvillc. After
being fully organized and officered, it received, marching orders
on the 29th of November, to proceed to New York and report
to Major-General Banks.
It remained in camp at Long Island two or three weeks,
waiting transportation. The regiment is now in New Orleans,
in the department of the gulf.
Since its departure, time has not permitted to receive any
report from it.
FORTY-EIGHTH REGIMENT.
NAMES.
Kank.
Date of Commis-
sions.
Kesidence.
Eben F. Stone, .
James O'Brien,
George Wheatland, Jr.,
F. Gilbert Ogden,
Horace W. Durgin,
Yorick G. Hurd, .
Francis F. Brown,
Samuel J. Spaulding, .
Eben P. Stanwood,
William S. Pettingill, .
Benjamin F. Noyes,
Edgar J. Sherman,
James C. Rogers, .
Charles Howes, .
Calvin M. Woodward, .
Francis M. Smith,
J. Scott Todd,
Henry G. Rollins,
John 0. Currier, .
William Lord, 4th,
Francis M. Smith,
Peter 0. C. Frawley,, .
John Reade,
Charles Saunders,
Ira F. Lawry,
Leach Clark,
Nicholas N. Noyes,
Charles P. Morrison, .
Moses B. Merrill, .
Colonel,
Lieut. Colonel, .
Major,
Adjutant, .
Quartermaster, .
Surgeon, .
Assist. Surgeon, .
Chaplain, .
Captain, . . .
a
u
a
u
li
u
li
11
1st Lieutenant, .
" "
11 ii
" "
" "
2d Lieutenant, .
" ■ "
Dec. 6, 1862,
6, "
6, *'
27, "
8, "
8, "
8, "
27, "
Aug. 30, "
Sept. 1, "
10, "
Nov. 1, "
Sept. 24, "
Dec. 10, "
11, "
26, "
27, "
Aug. 30, "
Sept. 1, "
10, "
Nov. 1, "
Sept. 24, "
Nov. 13, "
Dec. 10, "
11, "
27, "
29 "
Aug. 28^ "
30, "
Newburyport.
Charlestown.
Salem.
Boston.
Salem.
Amesbury.
Sudbury.
Newburyport.
West Newbury.
Salisbury.
Newbury.
Lawrence.
Chelsea.
Essex.
Newburyport.
Lynn.
Rowley.
Groveland.
Amesbury.
Ipswich.
Lynn.
Lowell.
Milford.
Salem.
Newburyport.
Boston.
Amesbury.
Newburyport.
West Newbury.
454 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
Forty-Eigldh Regiment — Continued.
[Jan.
...
Date of Commis-
NAMES.
Kank.
sions.
Eesidence.
Kobinson N. ScliofF,
2(1 Lieutenant, .
Sept. 1,1862,
Salisbury.
James Wilson,
10, "
Topsfield.
James McGinnis, .
Nov, 25, "
Belmont.
Charles J. Lee,
Dec. 10, "
Salem.
William J. Hartnett, .
26, "
Dedham.
Henry J. Bellen, .
27, "
Boston.
John G. Tuxbury,
29, "
Amesbury.
The Forty-Eighth regiment was recruited by Hon. Eben F.
Stone, a prominent lawyer of Newburyport. It was sent to
" Camp Lander," Wenham, where eight companies were organ-
ized for it, two of which were subsequently attached to com-
plete the Fourth Regiment, then at " Camp Joe Hooker,"
Lakeville.
The remaining six companies were ordered to " Camp
Meigs," Readville. The four companies which had been
recruited chiefly through the exertions of Lieutenant-Colonel
O'Brien, a worthy and patriotic adopted citizen, to form the
Fifty-Fifth, or third Irish regiment, were attached to the Forty-
Eighth, to complete its organization. Considerable difficulty
ensued in accomplishing this object, but the regiment was
finally organized, and Mr. Stone was elected Colonel and Mr.
O'Brien Lieutenant-Colonel.
A few days ago it received orders to proceed to New York,
and to report to Brigadier-General Andrews, left in command
of the remaining regiments for the Department of the Gulf.
This regiment is now on its way to New Orleans.
1863.]
HOUSE— No. 3.
FORTY-NINTH REGIMENT.
455
Date of Commia-
NAMES.
Eanlc.
sions.
Residence.
William F. Bartlett,
Colonel,
Nov.
10, 1862,
Boston.
Samuel B. Sumner,
Lieut. Colonel, .
•
10, "
Gt. Barrington.
Charles T. Plunket, .
Major,
10, "
Pittsfield.
Benjamin C. MilHin,
Adjutant, .
13,. "
Boston.
H. A. Brewster, .
Quartermaster, .
13, "
Pittsfield.
Frederick Winsor,
Surgeon, .
21, "
Boston.
Albert 11. Rice, .
Assist. Surgeon, .
Chaplain, .
21, "
Springfield.
Horace D. Train, .
Captain,
Sept.
15, "
Shefiield.
Benjamin A. Morey,
a
16, "
Lee.
Francis W. Parker",
u
17, "
Adams.
Augustus V. Shannon, .
u
27, "
Lee.
Israel C. Weller, .
a
■6, "
Pittsfield.
Charles R. Garlick,
u
11, "
a
Byron Weston,
a
Oct.
17, "
Lee.
Zenas C. Rennie, .
u
28, "
Pittsfield.
Samuel J. Chaffee,
u
Nov.
17, "
Gt. Barrington
George R. Lingenfelter,
a
Dec.
23, "
Pittsfield.
Daniel B. Foster, .
1st Lieutenant, .
Sept.
8, "
Cheshire.
Joseph Tucker,
u a
13, "
Gt. Barrington
Robert T. Sherman,
" "
15, "
Egremont.
Edson T. Dresser,
u a
16, "
Stockbridge.
Robert B. Harvie,
" "
17, "
Williamstown.
Burton D. Demming, .
u a
27, "
Sandisfield.
Charles W. Knifflin, .
a u
11, "
W. Stockbridge.
Roscoe C. Taft, .
" "
Oct.
17, "
Sheffield.
Le Roy S. Kellogg,
u u
28, "
Lee.
William M. AVelfs,
2d Lieutenant, .
Sept
8, "
Pittsfield.
Henry D. Sisson, .
u u
15, "
New Marlboro'
Henry M. Lyons, .
u a
17, "
Adams.
De Witt S. Smith,
i'. li
27, "
Lee.
Frederick A. Francis, .
u u
6, "
Pittsfield.
Robert B. Noble, .
a a
11, "
Williamstown.
I. Eugene Judd, .
" "
Oct.
17, "
Egremont.
William A. Nichols,
a a
28, "
Williamstown.
Henry G. Morey, .-
a u
Nov.
17, "
Gt. Barrington
John Doolittle,
a a
Dec.
31, "
Monterey.
The Forty-Ninth Regiment is almost exclusively a Berkshire
County regiment. A camp was established at Pittsfield and
named " Camp Briggs," in honor of Brigadier-General Briggs,
formerly Colonel of the Tenth Regiment, who has been pro-
moted for his gallantry on the field.
Captain W.. P. Bartlett, a young and meritorious officer of
the Twentieth Regiment, was appointed commandant of the
camp. He had lost a leg at the battle of Fair Oaks, Va.
456
ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
[Jan.
When the regiment was recruited to the full standard, Captain
Bartlett was elected Colonel, and notwithstanding the loss of
a limb, he accepted the position, and is now with the regiment
in the Department of the Gulf.
The Forty-Ninth received marching orders November 21st,
to report in New York' to Brigadier-General Andrews. It was
detained there and at Long Island, waiting for transportation.
Since its departure I have received no official notice respecting it.
FIFTIETH REGIMENT.
X A M E 8 .
Date of Commis-
sions.
Carlos P. Messer, .
John W. Locke, .
John Hodges, Jr.,
Henry A. "Wentworth,
Henry D. Degan, .
AVilliam Cogswell,
Nathaniel W. French,
Eobert Hassall,
George D. Putnam,
John L. Ward,
Dai'lus N. Stevens,
Josiah W. Coburn,
Samuel F. Littlefield,
Samuel W. Duncan,
George W. Edwards,
Cyrus Hobbs,
John G. Barnes, .
Nicholas Power, .
Robert W. Reeves,
Edward W. Phillips,
Samuel C. Trull, .
John S. Coney,
Horace jNI. Warren,
George AVm. Wallace,
Henry T. Holmes,
John P. Bradstreet,
John P. O'Gorman,
David Boynton, .
William B. Upton,
William H. Hurd,
Oramel G. Abbott,
James D. Draper,
Andrew F. Stowe,
William P. Daniels,
James H. Rundlett,
Martin Hayes,
Ira Hurd,
Colonel,
Lieut. Colonel,
Major,
Adjutant, .
Quartermaster,
Surgeon, ;
Assist. Surgeon,
Chaplain, .
Captain,
1st Lieutenant,
2d Lieutenant,
Nov.
Sept.
Aug.
Oct.
Nov.
Sept.
July
Aug.
Sept.
Aug.
July
Sept.
Aug.
May
Sept.
Aug.
Sept.
Aug.
Nov.
May
Sept.
Aug.
April
Oct.
Sept.
Aug.
Nov.
7,
1862,
7,
ii
7,
a
1,
ii
25,
((
16,
a
31,
a
8,
u
17,
(i
3,
((
26,
u
30,
li
12,
u
28,
11
19,
a
22,
a
28,
(C
13,
u
7,
li
3,
a
4,
u
30,
u
12,
u
3,
a
22,
u
28,
u
13,
u
12,
u
7,
((
3,
u
30,
u
30,
1861,
6,
1862,
22,
((
30,
(1
13,
((
12,
((
Haverhill.
South Reading.
Salem.
Maiden.
South Reading.
Bradford.
Concord, N. H.
Haverhill.
Salem.
u
Stoneham.
Reading.
South Reading.
Haverhill.
Chelsea.
Georgetown.
Worcester.
Salem.
Stoneham.
North Reading.
South "
Haverhill.
Chelsea.
Georgetown.
Worcester.
Haverhill.
Salem.
a
Reading.
South Reading.
Haverhill.
Chelsea.
Bradford.
Worcester.
Haverhill.
1863.]
HOUSE— No. 3.
457
The Fiftieth Regiment is composed in tlie main of tlie Sevcntli
Regiment, M. Y. M. When the call for nine months troops
was made, this regiment volunteered for the service, in a body.
It was ordered to " Camp Stanton," Boxford, to recruit to the
maximum. It is essentially an Essex County regiment.
Colonel Messer and Lieutenant-Colonel Locke have long been
connected with our Volunteer Militia, and have been raised
from the ranks for their capacity and good conduct. Each of
them commanded a company in the Fifth Regiment during. the
three months' service, and were in the first battle of Bull Run,
in July, 1861.
On the 19th of November, the regiment was ordered to New
York to report to General Banks, and was attached to the
Department of the Gulf. The regiment was divided into three
parts, and placed on board of small and unsafe vessels, two of
which came near being foundered at sea. One put in at Phila-
delphia, another at Hilton Head. The vessels were pronounced
unseaworthy, and new transports had to be obtained. I do not
understand that any lives were lost.
The regiment is believed to have reached New Orleans, and
is again united.
FIFTY-FIRST REGIMENT.
NAMES.
Date of Commis-
sions.
Augustus B. R. Sprague
John M. Studley, .
Elijah A. Harkness,
J. Stewart Brown,
Benjamin D. Dwinnell,
George Jewett,
I. Homer Darling,
Paul C. Garvin, .
Gilbert Cummings,
John S. Baldwin, .
Edwin A. Wood, .
William F. Wheeler,
Thomas Dudley Kimball
William Hunt,
Daniel W. Kimball,
Horace Hobbs,
George Bascom, .
George W. Prouty,
Colonel,
Lieut. Colonel,
Major,
Adjutant, .
Quartermaster,
Surgeon,
Assist. Surgeon,
Chaplain,
Captain,
Oct. 29,1862,
29, "
29, "
Nov. 4, "
4, "
4, "
4, "
4,
Dec.
Nov,
Sept. 12,
Aug. 7,
Sept. 1,
3,
10,
3,
30,
1,
May 26,
Worcester.
Fitchburg.
East Douglas.
Boston.
Worcester.
Grafton.
Oxford.
Douglas,
Blackstone.
Worcester.
Holden.
Worcester.
58
458 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
Fifty-First Regiment — Continued.
[Jan.
NAMES.
Date of Commis-
sions.
John B. Goodell, .
Charles II. Peck, .
John W. Sanderson,
Charles P. Winslow,
Charles Otis Storrs,
Moreena Ballou White,
Harrison Theo. Bradish,
Joel H. Howe,
Francis W. Adams,
Luther Capron, Jr.,
Luther H. Bigelow,
Samuel S. Eddy, .
Calvin N. Plarrington, .
George F. Jourdan,
Silas Smith Joy, .
Jacob Murray Baker, .
Horace N. Coleman,
George "W. Dodd,
Joel H. Prouty,
Lucius Morton Thayer, .
1st Lieutenant,
2d Lieutenant,
Aug. 30,1862,
Sept. 12, "
30, "
1, "
3, "
8, "
10, "
3, "
Oct. 8, "
Aug. 18, "
30, «
Sept. 12, "
May 26, "
Sept. 1, "
3, "
8, "
• 3, "
1, "
May 26, "
Sept. 10, "
Worcester.
((
Westborough.
(1
Webster.
Charlton.
Upton.
Blackstone.
Bi-ookfield.
Worcester.
Grafton.
Webster.
Dudley.
Mendon.
Paxton.
Worcester.
Douglas.
The Fifty-First Regiment was recruited at " Camp John E.
Wool," Worcester, of which Colonel Ward, of the Fifteenth
Regiment, was appointed Commandant. He had lost a leg at
the disastrous fight at Ball's Bluff, Va., where he had displayed
great gallantry.
The Fifty-First is a Worcester County regiment. Colonel
Sprague was one of our best militia officers. He commanded a
company in the Third Battalion of Rifles, under Major Devens,
now Brigadier-General, during the three months' service. He
was appointed Lieutenant-Colonel in the Twenty-Fifth Regi-
ment, (three years,) and was present at the taking of Roanoke
Island and Newbern, N. C, in both of which engagements he
proved himself a brave and excellent officer.
When the Fifty-First had recruited to the maximum, Lieu-
tenant-Colonel Sprague was elected Colonel. On tlie 11th of
November, the regiment received orders to proceed to Newbern,
N. C, and report to Major-General Poster. A few days after-
wards it came to Boston and entered on board transports, and
roceeded at once to its destination.
Information has been received by me of its safe arrival.
1863.] IIPUSE— No. 3. 459
The following letter I received from Colonel Sprague a few-
days ago : —
Head-Quarters Fifty-First Mass. Regiment, )
Foster Barracks, Newbern, N. C, Dec. 21st, 1862. }
Adjutant-General William Schoulkr, State House, Boston,
Mass. : — In obedience to Department General Orders, No. 77, and
Brigade Order, No. 31, I reported with my command, seven hundred
and seventy-eight rank and file, on the Trent Road, in light marching
order, at seven o'clock on the morning of Thursday, 11th inst., remaining
with the brigade en route till the afternoon of Friday, when we were
detached in company with two pieces of artillery, under command of
Captain Ransom, to guard the " Beaver Creek Bridge," the main road to
Kinston, and the road to Trenton, in rear of the advancing column-
Receiving orders from Major- General Foster, at half-past one o'clock on
Sunday morning, to join the main force, without delay, we marched at
sunrise, having in charge twenty-one prisoners, (taken by the cavalry
on the main road to Kinston,) which were turned over to the provost
mai'shal after our arrival at Kinston on Sunday evening.
We advanced with the brigade on Monday morning, arriving at the
scene of action at Whitehall about eleven o'clock, A. M., on Tuesday
morning, and though not participating in the engagement, were within
range of the enemy's guns on the right of the artillery, which was
engaged. At this point, in obedience to orders from Major-General
Foster, Lieutenant Sanderson, with a detachment, was detailed to
examine the river below the bridge, to ascertain the practicability of
fording it. After a careful examination of the river for nearly a mile,
Lieutenant Sanderson reported that it was not fordable. Tuesday after-
noon, passing up with the main column on the left bank of the Neuse,
we bivouacked at night about twelve miles from Goldsboro'. On
Wednesday we were detailed to guard the baggage train, from which
duty we were relieved in the afternoon, when the train and troops were
countermarched, after the burning of the railroad bridge by the advance.
Keeping our place on the return, on Thursday, Friday and Saturday,
we encamped on Saturday night near Deep GuUey, and arrived at our
barracks on the Trent at eleven o'clock on Sunday morning. My men
were considerably jaded and foot-sore. The order in regard to pillaging
and foraging was enforced, and the men suffered in consequence of an
insufficient supply of meat.
Taking into consideration the fact that this regiment had been but a
week in the field, and received their arms only two days before they had
marching orders, I have the honor to report that they behaved well
during the entire march. None were killed, two wounded, none missing.
I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your ob't servant,
A. B. R. Sprague, Col Fifty-First Mass. Regiment.
460 ADJUTANT-GENERAT>S REPORT.
FIFTY-SECOND REGIMENT.
[Jan .
Date of Commia-
NAMES.
Rank.
Kesidence.
sions.
Halbert S. Greenleaf, .
Colonel,
Oct.
13,
1862,
Shelburne.
Samuel John Storrs,
Lieut. Colonel, .
13,
Amherst.
Heniy AVinn,
Major,
13,
Boston.
Jefferd M. Decker,
Adjutant, .
Nov.
5,
Lawrence.
Edwin C. Clarke, .
Quartermaster, .
20,
Northampton.
Frederick A. Sawyer, .
Surgeon, .
Oct.
20,
Greenfield.
John II. Hicbardson,
Assist. Sugeon, .
20,
Chesterfield.
John F. ]\Ioors,
Chaplain, .
20,
Greenfield.
William Perkins, .
Captain,
Sept.
5,
Hadley.
Alanson B. Long, .
a
9,
Greenfield.
Edwin C. Bissell, .
((
8,
Westhampton.
Mark H. Spaulding,
a
9,
Northampton.
Alvah Perry Nelson,
u
11,
Colrain.
Lueien H. Stone, .
((
11,
Montague.
Charles E. Tileston, .
u
15,
Williamsburg.
Josiah A. Richmond,
a
Oct.
28,
Buckland.
Hoi'ace Hosford, .
"
Nov.
8,
Conway.
George Bliss,
u
15,
Northampton.
S. Alonzo Williams,
1st Lieutenant, .
Sept.
5,
South Hadley.
Ebenezer J. Hulbert, .
U 1(
9,
Bernardston.
Lewis Clapp,
" "
8,
Easthampton.
Leonard B. Rice, .
a (f
11,
Charlemont.
Alphonzo A. Ballon,
" "
11,
Orange.
Lucius C. Taylor, .
" "
15,
Chesterfield.
Ansel K. Bradford,
" "
Oct.
23,
Ashfield.
Justin P. Kellogg,
" "
28,
Amherst.
Samuel F. Edwards,
" "
Nov.
8,
Southampton.
John R. Hillman, .
U li
Dec.
1,
Northampton.
Malcom Bridgman,
2d Lieutenant, .
Sept.
5,
Granby.
Franklin C. Severance,
" "
9,
Greenfield.
Henry P. Billings,
(( u
8,
Hatfield.
John W. Budington,
" "
11,
Leyden.
Marshall S. Stearns,
" "
11,
Northfield.
James W. Clark, .
" "
15,
Northampton.
Samuel K. Blackwell, .
" "
Oct.
23,
Shelburne.
Asa Adams Spear,
" "
28,
Amherst.
Oliver P. Edgerton,
" "
Nov.
8,
Conway.
Luther A. Clark, .
« a
Dec.
1,
Northampton.
This regiment was recruited in the counties of Hampshire
and Franklin. A camp was established at Greenfield, named
" Camp Miller," in honor of Captain Miller, a brave officer who
was killed in battle. The regiment being organized, received
orders, on the 19tli of November, to proceed to New York and
report to Major-General Banks' Department of the Gulf. No
report has been received from this regiment since its departure
from the State. By this time it is doubtless in Louisiana.
1863.]
HOUSE— No. 8.
461
FIFTY-THIRD REGIMENT.
Date of Commis-
X A M E S .
Bank.
sions.
Besldence.
John W. Kimball,
Colonel,
Nov.
8,
1862,
Fitchburg.
George H. Barrett,
Lieut. Colonel, .
8,
((
Ashburnham.
James A. Pratt, .
Major,
8,
"
Sterling.
Ilonry A. Willis, .
Adjutant, .
Dec.
u
Fitchburg.
Edward A. Brown,
Quartermaster, .
u
Royalston.
J. Q. A. JNIcColIester, .
Surgeon, .
u
Groton.
William M. Barrett,
Assist. Surgeon, .
u
Fitchburg.
William L. Bond, .
U ((
u
Charlestown.
Benj. F. Whittemore, .
Chaplain, .
li
Berlin.
Andrew J. Clough,
Captain,
Sept.
2
u
Shirley.
Farwell F. Fay, .
(.1.
1?
u
Athol.
John F. Ashley, .
a
12,
«
Gardner.
John G. Mudge, .
a
15,
u
Petersham.
Jonas Corey,
((
Aug.
29,
li
Fitchburg.
Eugene T. Miles, .
u
May
10,
u
a
Lyman Woodward,
u
Oct.
31,
a
Hubbardston.
Joel A. Stratton, .
((
Aug.
29,
t(
Leominster.
Edward R. Washburn, .
u
Nov.
18,
a
Lancaster.
Samuel B. Beaman,
a
15,
u
Princeton.
Anson D. Fessenden, .
1st Lieutenant, .
Sept.
2,
a
Town send.
Benjamin H. Brown, .
u u
13,
((
Royalston.
Charles W. Upham,
" "
12,
a
Templeton.
Pliny H. Babbitt, .
" "
15,
a
Barre.
Carlos B. Wilson, .
" "
Aug.
29,
a
Fitchburg.
George G. Nutting,
" "
May
10,
a
a
Alfred R. Glover, .
" "
Nov.
6,
a
West Roxbury
George E. Priest, .
li li
15,
a
Watertown.
Josiah H. Vose, .
" "
18,
a
Clinton.
Pierson T. K. Burpee, .
" "
IS,
a
Sterling.
Stephen W. Lbngley, .
2d Lieutenant, .
Sept.
2,
li
Shirley.
Varnom V. Vaughan, .
" "
13,
a
New Salem.
John A. Edgell, .
" "
12,
((
Gardner.
Abijah L. Shattuck,
" "
15,
11
Barre.
Oscar A. Battles, .
u u
Aug.
29,
((
Ashby.
Daniel W. Tuttle,
" "
May
10,
a
Fitchburg.
Russell Carruth, .
" "
Oct.
31,
((
Phillipston.
James W. Hall, .
" "
Nov.
6,
li
Boston.
William T. Freeman, .
" "
18,
(C
Clinton.
Edward W. Toombs, .
" "
18,
a
Sterling.
The Fifty-Third Regiment was recruited at " Camp Stevens,"
Groton Junction, named in honor of Brigadier-General Stevens,
a brave and gallant son of Massachusetts, who was killed at
the second battle of Bull Run. Captain Wesley C. Sawyer,
who had lost a leg at the battle at Newbern, was appointed
commandant of the post — a brave and excellent officer. The
companies composing this regiment were recruited in northern
462
ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT.
[Jan,
Worcester and Middlesex Counties. Colonel Kimball has long
been known as one of our best militia officers. He was Major
of the Fifteenth Regiment, (three years' service,) and was in
every battle with that regiment, from Ball's Bluff to Fred-
ericksburg. After the promotion of Colonel Devens, of the
Fifteenth, he had command of the regiment as lieutenant-
colonel, Colonel Ward having been at home from disability, and
loss of limb, since the battle of Ball's Bluff.
On the 18th of November, the Fifty-Third was ordered to
proceed to New York, and report to Major-General Banks.
Colonel Kimball not having arrived, the regiment left tlie State
under command of Lieut. Colonel Barrett ; but before leaving
New York to proceed to New Orleans, Colonel Kimball joined
the regiment, and is now with it on its way to its destination.
ELEVENTH LIGHT BATTERY.
NAMES.
Eanlv.
Date of Commis-
sions.
Residence.
Edward J. Jones, .
Captain,
Aug. 5, 1862,
Boston.
Lucius Cummings,
1st Lieutenant, .
5, "
c(
Isaac Pierce,
H 11.
5, "
((
Edward P. Morrill,
2d
5, "
((
John P. Sawin,
ki ((
5, "
((
This is the only battery of nine months men -^ich Massa-
chusetts has in the field. It was recruited through the exer-
tions of Captain Jones, and was sent to " Camp Meigs,"
Readville. It was composed chiefly of Boston men. It was
mustered into service August 25tli ; it remained in camp until
October 3d, when it received orders to proceed to Washington,
where it arrived on the 6th, and reported to Adjutant-General
Thomas, U. S. A. It was assigned to General Casey's Division,
and was sent to " Camp Barry," near Bladensburg Toll Gate,
D. C, where it remained until November 19th, when it was
assigned to General Abercrombie, at Hall's Hill, Va., and
arrived there that evening, where it now remains. Tlie general
health of the men has been excellent, but one death having
occurred since the company left the Commonwealth.
Captain Jones has long been connected with the artillery
service in this State, and is an excellent officer.
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3. 463
•
1 have now given the rosters and narratives of all the regi-
ments and batteries tliat liavc left the State, for service in the
Union army. There are now being formed the Twelfth, Thir-
teenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Batteries, and a second regi-
ment of cavalry ; also a fourth company of lieavy artillery, for
duty at Fort Warren. Three of the batteries are nearly filled,
and will leave the State during the ensuing month (January.)
The first battalion of the Second Cavalry Regiment is nearly
completed, and will receive marching orders in a few weeks.
This battalion includes the splendid company raised in Cali-
fornia, through the exertions of Captain Read, and other sons
of Massachusetts, in that far distant State, and by the liberality
of the city of Boston. These batteries and the Second Cavalry
are to be attached to the Department of the Gulf, under com-
mand of Major-General Banks, and are all enlisted for the three
years' service.
The following statement shows the changes which have been
made in the rosters of the three years. regiments and batteries,
since their organization, by which it will be seen that the
original policy adopted by your Excellency, of making promo-
tions in the regiments and batteries, and from enlisted men, has
been carried out with great exactness. During the entire term
of service there have been only four captains, nine first-lieuten-
ants, and thirty-five second lieutenants, appointed from civil life,
and in a majority of these cases the appointments have been
made at the earnest request of the field officers of the regiments
in which they were commissioned, and in all cases for the good
of the service.
6 Colonels have been promoted Brigadier-Generals.
13 Lieutenant-Colonels have been promoted Colonels.
25 Majors have been promoted Lieutenant- Colonels.
2 Majors have been promoted Colonels.
6 Surgeons have been promoted Brigade-Surgeons.
19 Assistant- Surgeons have been promoted Surgeons.
5 Captains have been promoted Colonels.
11 Captains have been promoted Lieutenant-Colonels.
39 Captains have been promoted Majors.
1 First Lieutenant has been promoted Colonel.
1 First Lieutenant has been promoted Lieutenant- Colonel.
1 First Lieutenant has been promoted Lieutenant-Colonel Gist New York
Regiment.
464 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
6 First Lieutenants have been promoted Majors.
178 First Lieutenants have been promoted Captains.
6 First Lieutenants have been promoted Assistant Adjutant-Generals.
5 First Lieutenants have been promoted Commissary of Subsistence,
U. S. A.
11 Second Lieutenants have been promoted Captains.
327 Second Lieutenants have been promoted First Lieutenants.
2 Second Lieutenants have been promoted Assistant Adjutant-Generals.
1 Second Lieutenant has been promoted Commissary of Subsistence.
3 First Lieutenants have been promoted Brigade Staff Officers.
1 Captain has been promoted Second Lieutenant Marine Corps.
1 Second Lieutenant has been promoted Second Lieutenant 6th Infantry,
U. S. A.
1 Assistant-Surgeon has been promoted Brigade-Surgeon.
1 Sergeant has been promoted Captain.
1 Quartermaster's Sergeant has been promoted First Lieutenant.
1 Colonel has been transferred from 16th Infantry to 14th Artillery.
1 Major has been appointed Assistant Inspector-General, U. S. A.
1 Captain of Infantry has been promoted Captain 1st Regiment Cavalry.
1 Captain has been pi-omoted Commissary of Subsistence, U. S. A.
1 First Lieutenant has been promoted Captain 1st Texas Cavalry.
1 Assistant-Surgeon has been promoted Surgeon 1st Texas Cavalry.
463 Second Lieutenants have been taken from enlisted men.
4 Captains, 9 First Lieutenants and 35 Second Lieutenants have been
taken from civil life.
1,609 commissions have been made for officers in three years regiments
during the year 1862.
1 Colonel has been recalled to service of United States at his own request.
1 First Lieutenant has been promoted on Staff of Military Governor of La.
1 Second Lieutenant has been promoted Captain 1st Texas Cavalry.
1 Second Lieutenant has been dropped from the rolls.
1 First Lieutenant has been dropped from the rolls.
1 Captain drowned at Edwards' Ferry.
1 Captain drowned in the Mississippi River.
1 First Lieutenant shot by sentinel.
1 First Lieutenant has been taken from enlisted men.
1 Second Lieutenant drowned at Edwards' Ferry.
Killed. — 2 Colonels, 2 Lieutenant-Colonels, 3 Majors, 2 Surgeons, 1 Assist-
ant-Surgeon, 1 Chaplain, 22 Captains, 18 First Lieutenants and 17 Second
Lieutenants.
Died. — 1 Colonel, 3 Lieutenant-Colonels, 2 Majors, 1 Surgeon, 1 Assistant-
Snrgeon, 1 Chaplain, 16 Captains, 10 First Lieutenants and 11 Second
Lieutenants.
Honorably Discharged the Service. — 8 Colonels, 9 Lieutenant-Colonels, 8
Majors and 4 Captains of Artillery.
Dismissed the Service. — 1 Major, 6 Captains, 5 First Lieutenants, 6 Second
Lieutenants and 1 Surgeon.
1863.]
HOUSE— No. 3.
465
The following table will sliow where the different regiments
and batteries are at present in service : —
Massachusetts Volunteers no%o in the service of the United States.
AKM OF SERVICE.
Name of Commanding Officer.
Where Assigned.
1st Regiment of Infantry, .
2d
7th '
9th
10th
11th '
12th
13th '
14th
' Heavy Art'y,
15th
' of
Infantry, .
16th '
17th '
(1
18th
u
19th
"
20th
l(.
21st '
11
22d '
u
23d '
(1
24th '
u
25th '
(t
26th '
"
27th
((
28th
u
29th '
((
30th
"
31st
u
32d^
u
33d
u
34th '
It
Colonel N. B. McLaughlin,
" Samuel M. Quincy,
" David A. Russell,
" Patrick R. Guiney,
" Henry L. Eustis,
" William Blaisdell,
" James L. Bates, .
" Samuel H. Leonard,
" Thomas R. Tannatt,
" George H. Ward,
" Gardner Banks, .
" Thomas J. C. Amory,
" James Barnes,
" Edward W. Hinks,
" Francis W. Palfrey,
" William S. Clark, '
" William S. Tilton,
Lt. Col. Andrew- Elwell, .
" Francis A. Osbom,
Colonel Josiah Pickett, .
" Alpha B. Farr, .
" Horace C. Lee, .
" Richard Byrnes, .
" Ebenezer W. Pierce,
" Nathan A. M. Dudley.
" Oliver P. Gooding,
" George L. Prescott,
" Albert C. Maggi,
" George D. Wells,
Army of the Potomac.
Fort Albany, Virginia.
Army of the Potomac.
Newbern, North Carolina.
Army of the Potomac.
Newbern, North Carolina.
a i(
Department of the Gulf.
Newbern, North Carolina.
Army of the Potomac.
Department of the Gulf.
a t(
Army of the Potomac.
It ti
Fort Lyon, Virginia.
59
466 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
Massachusetts Volunteers — Continued.
ARM
OF SERYIC
E. Name of Commanding Officer.
Where Assigned.
35th Regiment of Infa
atn-, . Colonel Edward A. Wild,
Army of the Potomac.
36th
'
" Henry Bowman, .
u u
37th
( ti
" Oliver Edwards, .
It (1
38th
'
" Timothy Ingrahara, .
Department of the Gulf.
39th
'
" P. Stearns Davis,
Poolesville, Maryland.
40th '
I ((
" Burr Porter,
Miner's Hill, Virginia.
41st
i Ll
" Thomas E. Chickering,
Department of the Gulf.
1st '
' Caval
y, . ," Horace B. Sargent, .
( 1 Batt. Hilton Head, S. C.
\ 2 " Army of Potomac.
1st Co. U
iiattaehed C
av'y, Captain Samuel T. Reed, .
Department of the Gulf.
2d "
"
" . " James McGee,
U 1(
3d "
a
" . " Jonathan E. Cowen, .
11 " a
1st Unatt
. Co. Heavj
Art., " Stephen Cabot, .
Ft.Warren, Boston H'bor.
2d "
(1
" Caleb E. Neibuhr,
U 1(
3d "
11
" Lyman B. Whiton,
11 11
1st Battel
y Light Art
llery, " Wm. H. McCartney, .
Army of the Potomac.
2d
" Ormond F. Nims,
Department of the Gulf.
3d
" [Augustus P. Martin, .
Army of the Potomac.
4th
" George G. Trull, .
Department of the Gulf.
5th "
" Charles A. Phillips, .
Armj^ of the Potomac.
6th "
" William W. Carruth, .
Department of the Gulf.
7th
" Phineas A. Davis,
Suffolk, Virginia.
9th "
" Achille DeVecchi,
Army of the Potomac.
10th "
" J. Henry Sleeper,
It 11
12th "
" Jacob Miller,
Department of the Gulf.
13th "
" C. H. J. Hamlin,
11 a
1st Co nip
V Sharpsho
oters, " Wm. Plumer,
Attached to 15th Reg't.
2d "
11
" Lewis E. Wentworth, .
Attached to 22d Reg't.
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3. 467
Nine MontJis Vohmteers in Service of the United States.
ARM OF
SEUVIOE.
Nnmc
of Coinnianding Ofliccr.
Wlieve Assigned.
3d Regiment
of Infantry,
. Colone
Silas r. Richmond,
Newborn, North Carolina.
4tli
u
II
II
Ilcnry Walker, .
Department of the Gulf.
5th
II
II
II
George II. Pierson,
Newbern, North Carolina.
6th
II
II
.
Albert S. Follaiisbee, .
Suffolk, Virginia.
8th
II
11
11
Frederic J. Coffin,
Newbern, North Carolina.
42d
II
II
II
Isaac S. Burrell, .
Department of the Gulf.
43d
II
II
II
Charles L. Holbrook, .
Newbern, North Carolina.
44th
II
II
II
Francis L; Lee, .
11 II
45th
«
"
11
Charles R. Codman, .
II II
46th
II
It
II
George Bowler, .
II II
47th
II
II
11
Lucius B. Marsh, .
Department of the Gulf.
48th
(1
II
II
Eben F. Stone, .
11 II
49th
"
II
II
William F. Bartlett, .
II II
50th
II
II
11
Carlos P. Messer,
11 11
51st
II
It
II
Aug. B. R. Sprague, .
Newbern, North Carolina.
52d
II
II
II
Halbert S. Greenleaf, .
Department of the Gulf.
53d
l(
II
II
John W. Kifeiball,
11 II
11th Battery Light Artillery
II
Edward J. Jones,
Army of the Potomac.
Our descriptive rolls are now nearly perfect. They are of
great value, and are now being duplicated and indexed in
alphabetical order.
Our muster-in rolls are imperfect. To complete them, I
require the following : —
Three Months Infantry. — 3d, 4th, 5th and 8th Regiments. Copies of the
muster-out rolls are in office, taken from the rolls at Washington, of all the
three months infantry and batteries.
Three Months Rifles. — 3d Battalion. Four companies.
Three Months Battery. — Boston Light Artillery.
Three Years Batteries. — 1st, 2d, 4th and 7th.
First Company Sharpshooters, — called " Andrew Sharpshooters," — Captain
John Saunders.
Three Years Cavalry. — 2d Unattached Company.
Heavy Artillery. — Companies Nos. 1 and 2.
468 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
Three Years Detached Infantry. — Four companies to Mozart Regiment,
New York ; two companies to Sickles' Brigade, New Yoi-k.
Three Years Tnfa^itry.— 1st, 2cl ; 9th, Field and Staff wanting; 10th, 11th;
12th, Field and Staff wanting; 13th; 14th, changed to heavy artillery and
two companies attached; 15th, 16th, 17th, ISth, 20th; 22d, Field and Statr
wanting ; 23d ; 25th, Company A wanting ; 26th, Companies A, E and K
wanting — certificate of mustering officer ; 29th ; 30th, Field and Staff and
Companies A, B, I and K wanting ; 31st, Field and Staff and Companies A,
C, D, E and I wanting; 32d, Field and Staff and Company F wanting; 40th,
Companies D and F wanting.
Copies of these rolls can only be made at Washington. The
original are there in the office of the adjutant-general. I could
send one of the clerks in this office to Washington to make the
copies, at a very small expense. It is very important that they
be obtained.
In the foregoing pages I have endeavored to give an accurate
account of the labors of the year in this department ; also a
correct narrative of our brave and noble men at the seat of war.
This Report may contain errors, as it been written in haste,
and after the regular duties of the day have been performed,
and when nature required rest ; but I believe it to be as accu-
rate as it was possible to make it, under the circumstances.
That portion of it which relates to our regiments and batteries
will be read with interest by our soldiers distant from us, by our
people at home, and by every loyal son of Massachusetts,
wherever his lot may be cast.
In superintending the recruitment, and forming into regi-
ments and batteries the 40,000 men sent from Massachusetts
during the year, I wish to acknowledge with thankfulness the
assistance which I have received from the different departments
in the State House, and especially to First Assistant Adjutant-
General Colonel William Brown, Quartermaster-General Reed,
Surgeon-General Dale, Colonel Amory, Master of Ordnance,
Lieutenant-Colonel Browne your Excellency's Military Secre-
tary, Lieutenant-Colonel Harrison Ritchie, Lieutenant-Colonel
Henry Lee, Lieutenant-Colonel John W. Wetherell, Lieutenant-
Colonel John Q. Adams of your Excellency's Staff, and
Brigadier-General Peirce Commandant of Camps ; from each
and all of whom I received valuable assistance in the perform-
ance of my duties, and our relations have ever been pleasant.
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3. 469
No jarring has ever occured, and no unkind word has ever been
spoken.
It would be unjust were I not, in this connection, to acknowl-
edge my great obligations to Mr. Nehcmiah Brown, chief clerk
in this Department, and Messrs. F. H. Russell, W. B. Wilson,
E. II. Clapp, A. H. Allen, and F. E. Sanderson, associate
clerks, for their untiring devotion to duty, and their severe and
laborious labors of the year.
In another part of this Report, I have spoken of the great
services rendered to the Commonwealth and to me, by second
Assistant Adjutant-General, Major Rogers.
In forwarding our troops to their distant posts in the service,
a large majority of them have had to pass through New York,
Philadelphia and Baltimore, and our returning sick and
wounded soldiers have reached their homes, passing through
the same cities. Through the noble liberality and unceasing
patriotic devotion of Lieutenant-Colonel Frank E. Howe, and
the New England Association at New York, the hungry have
been fed, and the sick and wounded have found comfort and
shelter. The same is true in regard to Philadelphia and the
New England Association in that city, under the superinten-
dence of E. F. Houghton, Esq. Their hunaanity and kindness
have been unbounded, and will ever be remembered with
gratitude by our people.
The Commonwealth also owes a debt of gratitude to Gardiner
Tufts, Esq., the Massachusetts Agent at Washington. I have
had frequent occasion, during the year, to correspond with him
in regard to the sick and wounded soldiers of this State, in the
hospitals in that city and neighborhood, and have ever found
him prompt to answer, and active to perform every request
made of him. His duties have been exceedingly laborious, but
not more so than they have been of value to the sick and
wounded whom he has visited, and to their friends and relatives
who abide among us.
It would far exceed the limits of this Report, were I to name
all those who have done kind things, and spoken kind words to
our soldiers, and chronicle their various acts of benevolence.
And yet there is one who has been so prominent, ever since this
war broke out, in deeds of kindness, that it would be unjust to
pass his name in silence, — I refer to General Charles A. Stetson,
470 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan. '63.
proprietor of the Astor House, New York ; to him and to Mrs.
Stetson and their family, I wish to convey in one word the
many expressions of generous thanks which I have heard
expressed by our sick and wounded men who have returned
from the fields of battle, for the care, kindness and comfort
which they have received at their hands, without money and
without price.
Too much praise cannot be given to the women of Massachu-
setts for their generous devotion to the Union cause, and the
welfare of our soldiers in the field. There is hardly a family in
the State that has not a husband, a brother, or a son in one of
our regiments. In many of the cities and towns the women
have organized societies to work for the soldiers. Many of the
comforts of the camp have been derived from these sources, and
the sufferings of the hospitals alleviated by them. They will
have their reward.
With greatest respect,
I have the honor to be,
Your Excellency's ob't serv't,
WILLIAM SCHOULER, Adjutant- General
REPORT
QUARTERMASTER - GENERAL.
JANUARY 1st, 1863.
Commontoealti) of !|lassacl)'asetis.
Quartekmastkr-General's Office, Boston. January 1, 1863.
To Brigadier-General William Schoulee, Adjutant- General of the Commov-
wedltli of Massachusetts.
General, — I have the honor to transmit, through you, a liei^ort of the trans-
actions of this Department to date, for the information of His Excellency the
Governor and Commander-in-Chief.
I am, Sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
JOHN H. EEED,
Quartermaster- General of llassachusctis.
^Dinntontoealtl) of illassadjusctts.
QuARTEEM aster-General's Office, Boston,
January 1, 1863.
To His Excellency John A. Andrew, Governor and Com-
mander-in-Chief Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Governor, — I beg to report the doings of my office from last
Report February 1, 1862, to date.
Schedule of all Quartermaster property issued to troops in
the service of the United States, marked [A.]
Schedule of sales and issues military property, marked [B.]
Abstract of issues second-hand clothing, marked [C]
Of serviceable property pertaining to this Department, at
Cambridge Arsenal, marked [D.]
Of unserviceable property in gaid Arsenal, marked [E.]
I also append an account of all moneys received and depos-
ited with the State Treasurer by me, for property sold under
authority from the Governor and Council, marked [P.]
An account of all Warrants drawn in my favor, for special
purposes, marked [G.]
An account also of the further disbursement of the fund of
thirty thousand dollars, of which there is still a balance in my
favor, marked [H.]
An account of the expenditures which are charged to the
appropriation for the Quartermaster and Ordnance Depart-
ments, marked [I.]
I have the honor to remain, with great respect,
Your Excellency's obedient servant,
JOHN H. REED, Quartermaster- General.
[A.]
SCHEDULE of Clothing, Camp and Garrison Equipage, issued from the Quartermaster- General's Department of the State of Massachusetts, from February 1, 1862, to January 1, 1863.
Date.
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Feb. 17, .
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Feb. 10, .
12, .
17, .
13. .
AprU 30, .
June 3, .
May 9, .
15, .
Oct. 10, .
May 12, .
12, .
1st Ecgiment M. V.,
7th Kegiment M. V.,
9th Regiment M. V..
15Ih Keginieot M. V..
17th Kegimept M. V.,
19tb Regiment M. V.,
20th Begiment M. V.,
24th Kegimcnt M. V.,
29tb Regiment M. V.,
1st Massachusetts Cava
1st Battery, {32d Begin
Lieut. Col. H. Day,
Capt W. W. McKim, .
Sanitary Commission, ]
Col. Charles Amory,
lltb Massachusetts Ba
Col. F. E. Howe, .
Surgeon-General Dale,
. Capt. Adams, .
. \V. H. Gumey,
. Michael Scanlan, .
. H. P. Jorgenson,
. L. P. Thompson,
. M. Dunn, .
. H. M. Tremlett, .
. W. V. JIutchings, .
. Col. E. W. Pierce, .
rj-, . L. W. Knight, .
ent,) C. C. Bumpns, .
. Gen. Itect'g service,
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er order Gov'r and Council,
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tery, Capt. E. J. Jones, .
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98
291
199
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374
318
811
429
373
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1,006
438
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614
519
304
284
290
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435
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12,968
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480
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SCHEDULE of Issues and Sales Quartermaster Projierti/ by John H. Keed, Quartermaster- General of Massachusetts, by order Governor and Council, from June 3, 1862, to Jan. 1, 1863.
Date.
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Slock on hand, new, stored by G. W. Cochrane,
" . " second-hand, stored bv G. W. Cochrane, .
" " miscellaneous, stored by G. W.Cochrane, .
Total stock on hand, June 3, 3862
IsBues.
To Col. Amory, for Eighth Massachusetts Battery, .
Surgeon-General Dale, for 44th Regiment, fil. V. M., .
lilh
401h
" " " Camp Lander, .
" " " Hospital Department,
" " '■ Hoiipital Department,
Gardner Tufts, Agent, Washington. D. C, .
Total issues to January 1, 1803
Saks.
To Somerville Light Infantry,
Second Regiment, M. V. M.,
Sales per account J. H. Osgood &; Son,
" Oochmne, Kimball & Co.,
'■ J. H. Osgood & Son,
Total sales to January 1, 1«63
To be accounted for,
On hand, Januniy 1, 1863,
1,711
1,716
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1,316
629
629
27
360
350
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7
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260
260
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98
312
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1,713
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1,386
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98
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[I).]
Serviceable Property on hand at State Arsenal appertaining to the
Qicartermaster- General's Department, to December 31, 1862.
37 Fremont Tents.
132 A. Tents.
27 Wall Tents.
3 Eldridge Tents.
10 Warner Tents.
3 Boyd Tents.
9 No. 1 Bell Tents.
23 No. 2 Bell Tents.
8 Marquees.
4 Hospital Tents.
70 Tent Tables.
2,187 Tent Pins.
43 Mallets.
2 Saddles.
1 Ambulance Whip.
19 Surcingles.
28 Hame Straps.
167 sets Tent Poles.
52 Tent Poles.
4 Wagon Poles.
35 Swingletrees.
27 Whiffletrees.
37 Spreaders.
72 Nuts.
8 Ring Bolts.
23 Split Eings.
153 Split Links.
15 Shackles.
9 Swingletree Bolts.
3 Wagon Pole Clasp Irons.
4 Iron Axles.
27 Fellies.
37 Crowbars.
15 Monkey Wrenches.
10 Hatchets.
8 Hammers.
1 Coil Picket Rope.
[E.]
Unserviceable Property on hand at State Arsenal appertaining to the
Quartermaster- General's Department, to December 31, 1862.
1 Heavy Baggage Wagon, (Cobb's.
120 Knapsacks.
59 Haversacks.
31 Knife Scabbards.
40 Canteens.
8 Leather Neck Stocks.
1863.]
HOUSE— No. 3.
Statement of Moneys paid to the Treasurer of the Gommonwealth of
Massachusetts, being proceeds of sales made hj Brig.-General -John II.
RiCED, Quartermaster- Gc7ieral, under orders fro')n Goimrnor andCouncih
from February 1, 1862, to January 1, 1863.
1862.
Mar. 26.
June
19.
26.
30.
30.
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25.
Aug.
22.
Nov.
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27.
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Proceeds sale Quartermaster's property, to Tewksbury Alms-
house, Cr. Union Fund,
Proceeds sale unserviceable property from storehouse, auction,
Cr. Quartermaster's Department,
Proceeds sale unserviceable property at Arsenal, at auction,
Cr. Quartermaster's Department,
Proceeds sale unserviceable property at Arsenal, at auction,
• Cr. Union Fund,
Proceeds sale Quartermaster's property at Storehouse, at auction,
Cr. Union Fund,
Proceeds sale Blankets to United States, ("Mass. Importation,")
Cr. Union Fund,
Proceeds sale Clothinff to Somerville Lt. Inf try, Cr. Union Fund,
Proceeds sale Clothing to 2d Eeg. Mass. Vol. M., Cr. Union Fund,
Proceeds sale military property at auction, Cr. Union Fund,
Proceeds sale military propertj' at auction, Cr. Union Fund,
Proceeds sale military property at auction, Cr. Union Fund, • .
Proceeds sale military property at auction, Cr. Union Fund,
$475 90
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824 69
538 43
27 26
21,100 00
480 00
2,195 00
5,755 27
1,574 09
284 29
927 30
$34,191 98
Treasurer's Office, Januarj' 1, 1863.
I hereby certify that the above statement of moneys paid to me is correct, the amounts
named having been received.
(Signed) HENRY K. OLIVER,
Treasurer and Receiver-Cseneral Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
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SURGEON-GENERAL
MASSACHUSETTS,
HIS EXCELLENCY THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF,
DECEMBER 1st, 1862.
iComiuoniucaltl) of iITa00ad)U0ett0.
Office of Surgeon-General, Boston, )
December 1, 1862. \
To His Excellency John A. Andrew, Governor and Com-
mander-in- Chief.
Sir, — I had the honor, on December 1st of last year, in
response to an order for a full statement of all contracts,
expenses and disbursements incurred since the commencement
of the war, of presenting to your Excellency the first Annual
Report of this department.
Since that time, on your order, the following regiments have
been fitted out and supplied by the State with medical and hos-
pital stores, dressings and instruments, viz. : the Thirty-Second,
Colonel Parker, Thirty-Third, Colonel Maggi, and Thirty-
Fourth, Colonel Wells, making the sum paid by the Common-
wealth and charged to the military fund 13,008.02.
The remaining regiments were fitted out with a moderate
supply of these stores, by authority of Surgeon Satterlee, U. S.
A., Medical Purveyor, New York, and the amount of cost
charged to the United States. All the supplies furnished were
of the best quality, carefully put up, and always forwarded by
the State Purveyors with a promptness which might be imitated
by others with great advantage to the service.
The establishment of post hospitals and depots where requi-
sitions for medical supplies can be obtained, has obviated the
necessity of the large outfit given to the regiments early in the
war. In malarious districts, however, the full supply of
quinine and opium has been furnished, and double quantity
forwarded to the regiments in the departments of North Caro-
lina, of the South, and the Gulf, for prophylactic use. This
extra supply was paid for by the State, and the receipts of the
regimental surgeons are on file.
4 SURGEON-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
Our surgeons, early indoctrinated by the teachings of the
medical schools of New England, have been cautious in the use
of drugs, and have been taught that tlie observance of proper
hygienic and sanitary precautions were of more importance in
the prevention of disease than the use of drugs in curing it,
still many of our medical men in malarious regions have
considerably modified their views of treatment, and have,
after careful study and observation, been forced to the con-
viction, that grave disease, the result of malarious influences,
must be met by prompt and energetic treatment. I feel
safe in adding, that generally the doctrines of conservative
surgery, so ably taught by the eminent instructors still in
our midstj have been deeply impressed upon the medical staff
of our regiments — the proofs of this may be seen in the large
number of badly wounded who by their prudence and good
judgment have escaped capital operations.
Herewith is submitted, in Appendix, an account of all dis-
bursements from the contingent fund of this Department since
December 1st, 1861.
Massachusetts was the first to respond to the defence of the
national capital. The Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth and Eighth
Regiments, the Third Battalion of Riflemen and Cook's Battery
of Artillery all left within a few days of each other — the old
Sixth first responding to the call of your Excellency.
The Medical Staff accompanying these regiments was attached
to them under the old militia organization — the Surgeon and
Surgeon's Mate being appointed by the Colonel.
To the Third Regiment of Infantry were attached Alexander
R. Holmes as Surgeon ; Johnson Clark, Surgeon's Mate.
To the Fourth, Henry M. Saville, Surgeon; William L.
Faxon, Surgeon's Mate.
To the Fifth, Samuel H. Hurd, Surgeon; Henry H. Mitchell,
William W. Kecne, Jr., Surgeon's Mates.
To the Sixth, Norman Smith, Surgeon; Jansen T. Paine,
Surgeon's Mate.
To the Eighth, Bowman B. Breed, Surgeon; Warren Tapley,
Surgeon's Mate.
Third Battalion of Rifles, Oramel Martin, Surgeon, Worcester.
Cook's Battery, John P. Ordway, Surgeon ; F. Le Baron
Munroc, Surgeon's Mate.
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3. 5
I)r. Martin, of the Battalion of Rifles, on the return of the
tliree months' regiments, entered the volunteer service as
Brigade Surgeon, and has since resigned in consequence of ill
health. Dr. Breed, of the Eighth, has entered the service as
Surgeon, United States Volunteers. Dr. Faxon, of the Fourth,
as Assistant-Surgeon of the Thirty-Second. Dr. Paine, of the
Sixth, Assistant-Surgeon, Thirty-First. Dr. Mitchell, of the
Fifth, Assistant-Surgeon, Thirty-Ninth. Dr. Munroe, of Cook's
Battery, as Assistant-Surgeon, First. Dr. Hurd, of the Fifth,
has since served as Volunteer Surgeon in the Army of the
Potomac, and Dr. Clark, after being detailed by General
Butler as Surgeon of the Battalion of Massachusetts troops at
Fortress Monroe, died in the service, at his post. • He was
greatly esteemed as a conscientious and devoted officer.
These Surgeons responded promptly and patriotically to
regimental orders, and discharged their new and untried duties
with faithfulness and ability.
On the breaking out of the war, the militia law did not
require that the medical staff should undergo an exam-
ination before a Board of Surgeons in regard to their
competency for the proper discharge of their important
office, and as the legislature was not in session to alter or
amend, a memorial was addressed to your Excellency by
gentlemen long honored in the profession, representing the
necessity that none but well qualified and competent Surgeons
should receive medical appointments, and urging the necessity
of a Medical Commission empowered to attend to such duties
as might be connected with the medical oversight of the militia.
In answer to this memorial, signed by Drs. James Jackson,
George Hayward and S. D. Townsend, your Excellency
cordially and promptly responded by constituting
Drs. George Hayward, Drs. S. Cabot, Jr.,
S. D. Townsend, R. M. Hodges,
John Ware, George H. Lyman, and
S. G. Howe, William J. Dale,
J. Mason Warren,
the Medical Commission of Massachusetts.
6 SURCxEON-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
Soon after the organization of this Board, Dr. Howe, on
receiving tlie appointment of commissioner to examine into the
condition of our troops at the seat of war, resigned. Dr.
George H. Lyman, who was associated with me in the active
duties of this Department before its formal organization, having
been made Brigade-Surgeon and afterwards Medical Director,
Porter's Division, also resigned. He has since been made a
Medical Inspector in the army, with the rank of Lieutenant-
Colonel, and assigned to duty in the West. Dr. George H.
Gay was appointed by your Excellency in the place of Dr.
Lyman.
On the issuing of the proclamation of May 3d, by the President
of the United States calling " for a volunteer force to aid in the
enforcement of the laws and the suppression of insurrection,"
authority was given your Excellency, as governor of the Com-
monwealth, to appoint the regimental surgeons, on their being
subjected to an examination in regard to their qualifications.
The Medical Commission was at once constituted a Board of
Examining Surgeons for the State, and have continued to this
date to perform this responsible and honorable duty, acting as
an advisory board to this Department. In addition to these
duties, several valuable papers in reference to sanitary and
hygienic matters have been published under its sanction,
and the useful and able paper of Dr. Gay on military
surgery has been reprinted, and extensively distributed by
authority of the State. At all times it has been active in its
endeavors to raise the standard of medical qualifications, and
promote the honor and usefulness of the profession, and is
entitled to the grateful thanks of the State.
The following correspondence, exerting, as it doubtless has,
a beneficial influence, is inserted here as interesting in the
medical history of tliis body.
Boston, October 14, 1862.
To Brigadier-General Wm. A. Hammond, Surgeon- General, U. S.A.: —
The Medical Commission of the State of Massachusetts beg leave
respectfully to represent to the Surgeon-General of the United States,
that they have had reason to believe that there are certain evils existing
in the present management of the wounded in the field and in hospitals,
which are capable in some degree of being remedied. The present war,
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3. 7
breaking out after a long and profound peace, uninterrupted, with partial
exceptions, for more than two generations of surgeons, has found the
profession quite unprepared, both by education and experience, for the
practice of military surgery. In consequence of the very large number
of surgeons immediately required for service, it has unavoidably followed
that a considerable proportion of them must not only be destitute of
experience, but destitute also of that education on which experience is
to be founded. They are incompetent as operators, and also incompetent
to judge when operations are required, and at what time and under
what conditions of the system they can be safely performed. Many of
them, in common with the mass of mankind, labor under the delusion
that the main business of the surgeon is to perform operations, instead of
pi'eventing them. Hence, many young men have rushed into the army
with the erroneous impression that it was a school for surgery, principally
because it afforded opportunity for operations, especially amputations, and
for teaching him to do them well and adroitly, instead of learning him
to prevent the necessity of doing them at all. We have reason to
believe that the profession has been disgraced by many of its members,
who, having no just conception of the sacred duty of their calling, have
entered upon it from wholly selfish and mercenary motives.
It is therefore recommended that the Surgeon-General, U. S. A., be
respectfully requested to appoint a sufficient number of surgeons, who
shall be men of acknowledged ability and experience in surgical injuries
and operative surgery, to each corps d'arme, division, brigade, or depot
for the wounded, whose duty shall be a general supervision of the
wounded, in examining personally, so far as can be done, all the wounded,
whether on the field, during or after a battle, in a general or other
hospital, or at any dep6t for the wounded ; and to decide as to the
primary surgical treatment in the cases presented ; and if any operation
is deemed necessary, to direct a suitable person to perform it, and at
the proper time ; and, furthermore, that no important operation, such as
the amputation of limbs, ligature of any of the principal arteries, or
excision of bone, should be performed, except under great sudden
emergency, till one or more members of this supervisory board shall
have given his or their approval.
(Signed) Dr. George Hayward,
s. d. townsend,
John Ware,
J. Mason Warren,
S. Cabot,
George H. Gay,
R. M. Hodges,
Wm. J. Dale, Surgeon- General.
8 SURGEON-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
Boston, October 24, 1862.
Dear Sir, — The Medical Commission of the State of Massachusetts,
having overwhelming evidence, by their own observation and by reliable
reports, that our sick and wounded require more careful attention and
protection against neglect and the performance of needless operations,
have addressed a letter to the Surgeon-General, U. S. A., suggesting
■what they consider, in some degree, a remedy for the evils complained of.
They respectfully beg you to lend your authority and cooperation in
carrying out the object.
(Signed)' Dr. George Hayward,
S. D. ToVT^NSENDf
John Ware,
J. Mason Warren,
S. Cabot,
George H. Gay,
R. M. Hodges,
Wm. J. Dale, Surgeon- General.
Hon. E. M, Stanton, Secretary of War.
Surgeon-General's Office, \
Washington City, D. C, October 28, 1862. )
Gentlemen, — I have received your communication relative to the
incompetency of many of the medical officers in the service of the
United States.
From my own personal observation, as well as from the uniform
evidence of the Medical Inspector's Reports, I am able to confirm all
that you can allege.
I have made every effort to obtain a sufficient number of qualified
medical officers to superintend the operations on the battle-field, but thus
far without success.
If you can aid me in the matter I shall be very much obliged to you.
I am free to confess that first-class surgeons have not come forward
for field service with the alacrity that is to be desired, and I am sorry to
see so little stress laid in many of the States, upon the qualifications of
regimental medical officers.
Begging you to accept my thanks for your interest in the matter, and
hoping you may be able to afford me assistance,
I remain, very respectfully.
Your obedient servant,
(Signed) William A. Hammond,
Surgeon- General, U. S. A.
Dr. George Hayward, &c., &c.
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3. 9
The following Surgeons, examined and approved by the
Examining Board have been commissioned by your Excellency.
THREE years' REGIMENTS.
First Regiment, — Richard H. Salter, Surgeon ; Samuel A. Green,
Assistant-Surgeon, since promoted Surgeon Twenty-Fourth Massachu-
setts Volunteers ; F. Le Baron Munroe, Assistant, vice Green, promoted ;
T. Fletcher Oakes, Second Assistant, under Act of Congress providing
for additional Medical Officers.
Second Regiment. — Lucius Manlius Sargent, Jr., Surgeon ; resigned
and made Captain First Massachusetts Cavalry ; Francis Leland,
Surgeon, resigned ;. Lincoln R. Stone, Assistant-Surgeon, promoted
Surgeon ; William H. Heath, Second Assistant-Surgeon.
Seventh Regiment. — S. Atherton Holman, Surgeon ; Z. Boylston
Adams, Assistant, promoted Surgeon, Thirty-Second ; William H.
Lincoln, Assistant-Surgeon ; Arthur H. Cowdrey, Second Assistant.
Ninth Regiment. — Peter Pineo, Surgeon, appointed Brigade-Surgeon,
now Surgeon U. S. Vol. ; Stephen W. Drew, Surgeon, resigned ; Patrick
A. O'Connell, Assistant, resigned and appointed Surgeon, Twenty-Eighth;
Francis M. Lincoln, Assistant-Surgeon, promoted to Thirty-Fifth ; James
F. Sullivan, Assistant-Surgeon, promoted Surgeon ; James W. Fitzpatrick,
Assistant-Surgeon ; John Ryan, Second Assistant.
Tenth Regiment. — C;yrus N. Chamberlain, Surgeon; William Holbrook,
Assistant-Surgeon, promoted to Eighteenth ; George Jewett, Assistant,
promoted to Fifty-First; Albert B. Robinson, Second Assistant.
Eleventh Regiment. — Luther V. Bell, Surgeon, appoi»ted Brigade-
Surgeon and since deceased ; L-a Russell, appointed Brigade-Surgeon
now Surgeon United States Volunteers ; John W. Foye, Assistant-
Surgeon, promoted Surgeon ; A. G. Williams, Assistant, resigned ; John
A. Douglass, Assistant-Surgeon ; Samuel C. Whittier, Seconc^ Assistant.
Twelfth Regiment. — Jedediah H. Baxter, Surgeon, appointed Brigade-
Surgeon, now Surgeon United States Volunteers ; J. McLean Hayward,
Assistant, promoted Surgeon ; Albert A. Kendall, killed in battle ; John
H. McGregor, Assistant ; Charles A. Wheeler, Second Assistant.
Thirteenth Regiment. — AUston W. Whitney, Surgeon ; J. Theodore
Heard, Assistant, appointed Brigade-Surgeon ; William W. Claflin,
Assistant-Surgeon, resigned ; James L. Harriman, Second Assistant.
Fourteenth Regiment. — David Dana, Jr., Surgeon, resigned ; Samuel
K. Towle, Assistant-Surgeon, promoted Surgeon Thirtieth Massachusetts
2
10 SURGEON-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
Volunteers ; Josiah N. Willard, Surgeon, promoted from Nineteenth ;
Edward B. Mason, Assistant ; Samuel L. Dutton, Second Assistant.
Fifteenth Regiment. — Joseph N. Bates, Surgeon, resigned ; S. Foster
Haven, Jr., Assistant, promoted Surgeon, killed at battle of Fredericks-
burg; Henry Rockwood, Assistant; Theodore 0. Cornish, Second
Assistant.
Sixteenth Regiment. — Charles E. Jewett, Surgeon; Edward A.
Whiston, Assistant ; George King, Second Assistant.
Seventeenth Regiment. — Isaac F. Galloupe, Surgeon ; William 11. W.
Hinds, Assistant ; C. G. A. Eyaers, Second Assistant.
Eighteenth Regiment. — David P. Smith, Surgeon, promoted Brigade-
Surgeon, now Surgeon United States Volunteers ; Orlando Brown,
Assistant-Surgeon, promoted Surgeon Twenty-Ninth, resigned ; William
Holbrook, Surgeon, promoted from Tenth Regiment ; Abiel W. Nelson,
Assistant, resigned ; Joseph W. Merriam, Assistant ; Edwin F. Silcox,
Second Assistant.
Nineteenth Regiment. — J. Franklin Dyer, Surgeon; Josiah N. Willard,
Assistant-Surgeon, promoted Surgeon Fourteenth ; Vertulan R. Stone,
Assistant-Surgeon.
Twentieth Regiment. — Henry Bryant, Surgeon, promoted Brigade-
Surgeon, now Surgeon United States Volunteers ; Nathan Hay ward,
Assistant-Surgeon, promoted Surgeon; Edward H. R. Revere, Assistant-
Surgeon, killed in battle ; Benjamin F. Taft, Assistant- Surgeon.
Twenty-First Regiment. — Calvin Cutter, Surgeon ; Orin Warren,
Assistant, promoted Surgeon Thirty-Third Regiment ; James W. Hast-
ings, Assistant ; James Oliver, Second Assistant.
Twenty-Second Regiment. — Edward L. Warren, Surgeon, resigned ;
James P. Prince, Assistant-Surgeon, promoted Surgeon Thirty-Sixtli ;
Frederick Ainsworth, Surgeon, appointed Surgeon United States Volun-
teers ; Wuliam E. Simmons, Assistant-Surgeon, promoted Surgeon ;
Isaac H. Stearns, Assistant-Surgeon.
Twenty-Third Regiment. — George Dei'by, Surgeon ; Silas E. Stone,
Assistant-Surgeon, resigned; James A. Emmerton, Assistant; Jacob
Roberts, Second Assistant,
Twenty-Fourth Regiment.— ^2^m\x€i A. Green, Sui-geon ; Hall Curtis,
Assistant-Surgeon; Charles E. Briggs, Second Assistant.
Twenty-Fifth Regiment. — J. Marcus Rice, Surgeon ; Theron Temple,
Assistant-Surgeon, resigned; Samuel Flagg, Assistant-Surgeon; Horace
Mecorney, Second Assistant.
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3. 11
Tioenty- Sixth Regiment. — Anson P. Hooker, Surgeon, resigned ;
James G. Bradt, Assistant-Surgeon, promoted Surgeon ; Lemuel Willis,
Assistant-Surgeon, promoted Surgeon Louisiana Volunteers; Edward
Russell, Assistant-Surgeon ; Isaac Smith, Jr., Second Assistant.
Twenty- Seventh Regiment. — George A. Otis, Surgeon ; Samuel Camp,
Assistant-Surgeon, resigned ; Peter E. Hubon, Assistant-Surgeon ;
Franklin L. Hunt, Second Assistant, killed.
Twenty-Eighth Regiment. — Patrick A. O'Connell, Surgeon ; George W.
Snow, Assistant-Surgeon ; James T. Rood, Second Assistant, resigned ;
John C. Barrington, Second Assistant.
First Regiment Cavalry. — James Holland, Surgeon ; Oscar C. De "Wolfe,
Assistant-Surgeon, promoted Surgeon Second Cavalry ; Albert R. Rice,
Second Assistant, mustered out and commissioned Assistant-Surgeon
Forty-Ninth Regiment.
Twenty-Ninth Regiment. — Orlando Browne, Surgeon, resigned;
George B. Cogswell, Assistant-Surgeon, promoted Surgeon ; Albert
Wood, Assistant-Surgeon ; James C. Bassett, Second Assistant.
Thirtieth Regiment. — Samuel K. Towle, Surgeon ; Alfred F. Holt,
Assistant-Surgeon, promoted Surgeon Texas Regiment ; Samuel A.
Davis, Assistant-Surgeon ; Francis C. Green, Assistant.
Thirty-First Regiment. — Ephraim K. Sanborn, Surgeon, died ; Edwin
L. Bidwell, Assistant- Surgeon, promoted Surgeon ; Jansen T. Paine,
Assistant-Surgeon, promoted Surgeon Louisiana Volunteers ; Henry W.
Browne, Second Assistant.
Thirty-Second Regiment. — Zabdiel B. Adams, Surgeon ; William L.
Faxon, Assistant-Surgeon ; Windsor H. Bigelow, Second Assistant.
Thirty-Third Regiment. — Orin Warren, Surgeon; William Symin-
ton Browne, Assistant-Surgeon ; Daniel P. Gage, Second Assistant.
Thirty-Fourth Regiment. — Rowse R. Clarke, Surgeon ; Cyrus B.
Smith, Assistant-Surgeon ; William H. Thorndike, Second Assistant.
Thirty-Fifth Regiment. — Francis H. Lincoln, Surgeon ; George N
Munsell, Assistant-Surgeon ; Albert W. Clarke, Second Assistant.
Thirty-Sixth Regiment. — James P. Prince, Surgeon ; Warren Tyler
Assistant-Surgeon ; A. H. Bryant, Second Assistant.
Thirty- Seventh Regiment. — Charles F. Crehore, Surgeon ; Thomas C
Lawtonj Assistant-Surgeon ; Joshua J. Ellis, Second Assistant.
12 SURGEON-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
Thirty- El (jhth Regiment. — Samuel C. Hartwell, Jr., Surgeon; George
F. Thomson, Assistant-Surgeon ; Edwin F. Ward, Second Assistant.
Thirty-Ninth Regiment. — Calvin G. Page, Surgeon ; H. Hedge
Mitchell, Assistant-Surgeon ; James D. Chipman, Second Assistant.
Fortieth Regiment. — Oliver E, Brev?ster, Surgeon ; Jonathan Cass,
Assistant-Surgeon ; Andrew Smith, Second Assistant-Surgeon.
Forty-First Regiment. — Albert H. Blanchard, Surgeon ; Daniel S.
Allen, Assistant-Surgeon ; Daniel F. Leavitt, Second Assistant-Surgeon.
NINE months' regiments.
Forty-Second Regiment. — Ariel I. Cummings, Surgeon ; Thomas B.
Hitchcock, Assistant-Surgeon ; Rush B. Hentzelman, Second Assistant.
Forty-Third Regiment. — Adolphus C. Webber, Surgeon; Augustus
Mason, Assistant-Surgeon.
Forty-Fourth Regiment. — Robert Ware, Surgeon ; Theodore W.
Fisher, Assistant-Surgeon.
Forty-Fifth Regiment. — Samuel Kneeland, Surgeon ; Joshua B.
Treadwell, Assistant-Surgeon.
Forty-Sixth Regiment. — James H. Waterman, Surgeon; Thomas
Gilfillin, Assistant-Surgeon. '
Forty-Seventh Regiment. — John Blackmer, Surgeon; Frederick W.
Mercer, Assistant-Surgeon.
Forty-Eighth Regiment. — Yorick G. Hurd, Surgeon ; Francis F.
Browne, Assistant-Surgeon.
Forty-Ninth Regiment. — Frederick Winsor, Surgeon ; Albert R. Rice,
Assistant-Surgeon.
Fiftieth Regiment. — William Cogswell, Surgeon ; Nathaniel W.
French, Assistant-Surgeon.
Fifty-First Regiment. — George Jewett, Surgeon ; J. Homer Darling,
Assistant-Surgeon ; Paul C. Garvin, Second Assistant.
Fifty-Second Regiment. — Frederick A. Sawyer, Surgeon ; John H.
Richardson, Assistant-Surgeon.
Fifty-Third Regiment. — John Q. A. McCollister, Surgeon; William
M. Barrett, Assistant-Surgeon ; William L. Bond, Second Assistant.
Third Regiment. — Alfred A. Stocker, Surgeon ; Woodbridge R. Howes,
Assistant.
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Fourth Regiment. — James Waldock, Surgeon; Edward Nortoni,
Assistant-Surgeon ; Joseph F. Gould, Second Assistant-Surgeon.
Fifth Regiment. — William Ingalls, Surgeon ; Dixi C. Hoyt, Assistant.
Sixth Regiment. — Walter Burnham, Surgeon ; Otis W. Humphrey,
Assistant; George E. Pinkham, Second.
Eighth Regiment. — Charles Haddock, Surgeon ; John L. Robinson,
Assistant.
Second Massachusetts Cavalry — (Three Years.) — Oscar C. De Wolfe,
Surgeon ; Harlow Gamwell, Assistant-Surgeon.
Of these, Surgeons Bell, Pineo, Bryant, Smith, Russell,
Baxter, and Heard, have been made Brigade-Surgeons. When
this grade was abolished, Brigade-Surgeons were made by Act
of Congress, Surgeons of United States Volunteers. To this
corps Surgeon Ainsworth, of the Twenty-Second Regiment, has
recently been appointed.
Two, Surgeons Bell and Sanborn, have died in the line of
duty. Surgeon Bell, at the time of his death, was Medical
Director of General Hooker's Division, and the event was
received with profound sorrow by the people of Massachusetts.
In him, the State lost one of her most distinguished citizens,
and the profession a member whose reputation was national.
At the head of his specialty, after receiving from the hands of
the profession its highest honors, he offered the wisdom of a
humane and useful career to the service of the State, and died
at his post of duty, universally lamented.
Surgeon Sanborn, with an enviable reputation as a skilful
surgeon and an accomplished instructor, with every thing to
tempt him to forego the hardships of an anxious and harassing
position, gave up all, that he might render to those who most
needed it, the experience of an active professional career ; an
example, wjiich, if oftener followed, would greatly lessen the
amount of suffering consequent upon this unhappy war.
Surgeon Haven, Assistant-Surgeons Revere, Kendall and
Hill, killed whilst performing the humane ministrations of their
profession, were beloved by their comrades for their devotion
and kindness to those with whom they were connected.
The heroic and fearless manner in which they discharged
all their duties, fearing neither the pestilence which walketh in
14 SURGEON-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
darkness, nor the destruction which wastcth at noon-day, will
forever endear their memories to the profession of which they
were honored and lamented members.
Assistant-Surgeon Hunt was shot by a rebel assassin. He
was of great promise for future usefulness, and at the time of
his death was in charge of a post hospital at Washington, N. C,
and by his zeal, industry and good judgment, had won the
respect of his professional brethren, by whom his loss was
severely felt.
Sixteen Surgeons have resigned by reason of ill-health, whilst
many have received the distinction of being appointed acting
medical directors or Division Surgeons in the volunteer service.
Frequent calls have been made upon the State for volunteer
surgical assistance, and, at various times, in response to your
Excellency's orders, I have detailed the following civil surgeons :
On February 17th, Dr. Alfred Hitchcock, of Fitchburg, who
rendered the most important service to our wounded after the
battle of Roanoke, and was subsequently detailed to other posts
on May 2d and September 19th.
On the 3d of March, in response to a call from Major-General
Burnside, through Brigade-Surgeon Church, Drs. J. B. Upham,
Samuel Kneeland, J. C. Batchelder and R. R. Clarke were
detailed, and directed to report to the Medical Director of the
Department of North Carolina. Dr. Upham has since been
appointed Surgeon-in-Chief to the Hammond Hospital, Beau-
fort, N. C, Dr. Clarke, as Surgeon of the Thirty-Fourth Massa-
chusetts Volunteers, and Dr. Kneeland, Surgeon of the Forty-
Fifth ; Dr. Batchelder, after serving as Assistant-Surgeon of
the Twenty-Fifth, resigned from ill health.
On April 10th, Drs. Samuel Cabot, George H. Gay, R. M.
Hodges, Charles D. Homans, Luther Parks, Jr., and S. C.
Hartwell, Jr., were detailed to the assistance of the Massachu-
setts troops near Yorktown, and were directed to report to
Surgeon Tripler, U. S. A., Medical Director, Army of the
Potomac.
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3. 15
These gentlemen were absent for six weeks and the reports
of their faithful and unostentatious service arc herewith sub-
mitted.
The valuable French ambulance knapsack presented to the
Commonwealth by Samuel Hammond, Esq. through Dr. J.
Mason Warren, was taken to the field on this occasion. Tiiree
others of these compact and elegant knapsacks have also been
presented to the Commonwealth. Two by Turner Sargent,
Esq., one each to the Twenty-Fourth and Nineteenth, and one, by
Dr. Warren, to the Forty-Fifth, the Cadet Regiment — his father,
the late Dr. John Collins Warren, alike distinguished for his
eminence as a surgeon, and for his patriotism and love of
country, having been for forty years the Surgeon of the Inde-
pendent Corps of Cadets under whose auspices this regiment
was recruited.
April 10th, Dr. William G. Breck was specially detailed to
the assistance of the wounded at the battle, of Corinth, and was
requested by Major- General Halleck to inspect the sanitary
condition of the Hospitals in his command.
April 10th, Dr. William Nichols, Jr. to Fortress Monroe. ■
April 29th, Dr. James M. 'Newell, of Sutton, to the Depart-
ment of North Carolina, and afterwards detailed as acting
Surgeon Forty-Eighth Pennsylvania Volunteers. This estima-
ble surgeon was drowned in the chivalrous endeavor to rescue
some women and children from a transport ship laden with con-
valescents, placed under his charge.
May 1st, Drs. Henry Shaw, J. R. Bronson and A. R. Becker.
May 9th, Dr. Benjamin Cushing, Fortress Monroe.
May 12th, Drs. A. B. Hall, William H. Page and Stephen
Mighill, to the Army of the Potomac. Dr. Page was subse-
quently detailed by special request to the staff of Brigade Sur-
geon Frank H. Hamilton.
The interesting reports of these surgeons are herewith sub-
mitted.
May 16 th, Dr. Josiah G. Wilbur, and John G. Perry, ordered
to report to the assistance of Doctor Cushing at Fortress Monroe.
16 SURGEON-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
May 20th, Dr. A. R. Rice to the assistance of the First
Massachusetts Cavalry, Hilton Head.
May 21st, on a requisition from Surgeon Tripler, Medical
Director, U. S. A., Drs. Joseph Sargent, William Mack, A. Le
Baron Munroe, Frederick Ainsworth, William H. Thorndike,
Joel Seaverns, A. I. Cummings, William D. Lamb, J. H.
Morse, B. Carpenter, ^. A. Howe, Benjamin T. Crooker, Jona-
tlian Brown, H. H. Fuller, J. G. S. Hitchcock, J. Q. A. Mc-
CoUister, William R. Fletcher, D. D. Seymour, B. F. Campbell,
A. A. Stocker, Asa Millett, Joseph Underwood, F. C. Greene
and A. D. Blanchard, were detailed to the medical assistance
of the Army near Williamsburg.
June 2d, Dr. Henry J. Bigelow, who was subsequently sent
on special service by order of the Secretary of War.
July 1st, 3d, 7th, 8th. On the requisition of the Surgeon
General, U. S. A., Drs. E. G. Pierce, Charles L. Swasey,
Benjamin F. Burgess, Seneca Sargent, E. B. Allen, R. Cresson
Stiles, S. H. Hurd, J. E. Whiting, Ira Perry, Isaac H. Stearns,
John W. Hinkley, Frederick Winsor, and Joseph W. Clift, to
the Army of the Potomac.
August 31st. On the order of the Secretary of War, were
detailed, Drs. W. G. Breck, and Alfred Lambert, of Springfield ;
Foster Hooper, R. T. Davis, Joseph W. Heartley, and William
G. Bennett, of Fall River ; J. L. Miller, Timothy Childs, F. A.
Cady, D. B. Nelson, J. H. Manning, A. M. Smith, E. H.
Sexton, of Pittsfield ; C. C. Holcomb, of Lee ; and from Boston
and vicinity, George H. Gay, C. H. Stedman, H. G. Clark,
J. H. Dix, H. I. Bowditch, C. E. Buckingham, G. F. Bigelow,
J. H. Blake, William H. Page, A. Ruppaner, S. H. Carney,
A. P. Hooker, J. S. Flint, H. A. Martin, L. B. Morse, J. H.
Warren, D. McB. Thaxter, James Waldock, B. F. Wing,
William S. Coffin, J. G. Arnold, H. L. Shaw, J. Green, P. P.
Ingalls, and R. J. P. Goodwin, and ordered to report to the
Surgeon-General, U. S. A. These surgeons left the State
under the direction of Dr. George II. Gay ; tliey were detailed
by your Excellency on the order of the Honorable Secretary of
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3. 17
War, and it has not yet been satisfactorily ascertained why
their services, which might have been invaluable, were not
accepted by the authority to whom they were directed to report.
The appreciation of the service they did render in distributing
supplies, and in collecting the names and ascertaining the
wants of every Massachusetts soldier then in hospital at
Washington, was gratefully acknowledged in a letter from
your Excellency to Dr. Gay and his associates.
An immense supply of hospital stores and dressings accompa-
nied this expedition, contributed by the liberality of our citizens,
under the direction of the War Committee of Ward 4, Boston.
Probably never, in the history of any war, was greater energy
shown or a more generous profusion bestowed, than on this
emergency, when the sympathies of our people were excited by
the representations, prevalent for the time, of large numbers of
our soldiers lying wounded without succor or supplies.
Some of the surgeons whose details have been above enu-
merated received contracts from the government, and are now
Serving with the Army ; but, to the honor of Ihe profession of
Massachusetts, it is to be added, that many of them, recog-
nized as among our most distinguished and honored surgeons,
responded to the call at great personal inconvenience, and
labored for weeks with no other ambition but that of relieving
the necessities of the sick and wounded, and maintaining the
high character of the profession in this State for patriotic and
disinterested service. Drs. Pierce, of Holyoke, and Morse, of
Lawrence, estimable and valued physicians, have since died
from sickness incurred in the performance of their arduous
duties.
I desire, in behalf of our civil surgeons detailed, to express
my grateful thanks to Lieut. Col. Cuyler, Medical Lispector,
U. S. A., to whom they were generally ordered to report, for
the courteous and cordial reception always given them, and the
valuable aid and counsel he did not hesitate to offer them at
all times.
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SURGEON-GENERAL'S REPORT.
[Jan.
Under General Order, No. 43, pursuant to General Order,
No. 99, War Department, the following Surgeons were appointed
by your Excellency for the examination of enrolled militia men,
claiming exemption from draft by reason of disability : —
COUNTY OF BARNSTABLE.
Geo. Shove, M. D., of Yarmouth Port.
John M. Smith, M. D., of Barnstable.
Jona. Leonard, M. D., of Sandwich.
Franklin Dodge, M. D., of Harwich.
COUNTY OF BERKSHIRE.
O. S. Root, M. D., of Pittsfield.
H. L. Sabin, M. D., of Williamstown.
C. T. Collins, M. D., of Gt. Harrington.
Clifford C. Holcomb, M. D., of Lee.
COUNTY OF BRISTOL.
L. Bartlett, M. D., of New Bedford.
W. A. Gordon, M. D., of New Bedford.
Eobert T. Davis, M. D., of Fall River.
Thad. Phelps, M. D., of Attleborough.
Henry B. Hubbard, M. D., of Taunton.
COUNTY OF DUKES.
D. A. Cleaveland, M. D., of Tisbury.
WUlIam H. Luce, M. D., of Tisbury.
COUNTY OF ESSEX.
Benjamin Cox, Jr., M. D., of Salem.
H. C. Perkins, M. D., of Newburyport.
H. E. Davidson, M. D., of Gloucester.
J. Kittredge, M. D., of No. Andover.
Geo. Osborne, M. D., of So. Danvers.
Kendall Flint, M. D., of Haverhill.
Stephen Huse, M. D., of Methuen.
Edward Newhall, M. D., of Lynn.
COUNTY OF FRANKLIN.
J. W. D. Osgood, M. D., of Greenfield.
Edward Barton, M. D., of Orange.
C. M. Duncan, M. D., of Shelburne.
COUNTY OF HAMPDEN.
Nathan Adams, M. D., of Springfield.
Wm. G. Breck, M. D., of Springfield.
W. O. Bell, M. D., of Westfield.
H. S. Lucas, M. D., of Ches. Factories.
COUNTY OF HAMPSHIRE.
D. Thompson, M. D., of Northampton.
W. M. Trow, M. D., of Williamsburg.
D. W. Miner, M. D., of Ware.
Benj. F. Smith, M. D., of Amherst.
COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX.
Josiah Bartlett, M. D., of Concord.*
William Mason, M. D., of Charlestown.
Morrill Wyman, M. D., of Cambridge.
A. Hooker, M. D., of East Cambridge.
Gilman Kimball, M. D., of Lowell.
Nathan Allen, M. D., of Lowell.
Henry Bigelow, M. D'., of Newton.
S. G. Burnap, M. D., of Holliston.
R. S. Warren, M. D., of Waltham.
William Ingalls, M. D., of Winchestw.
COUNTY OF NANTUCKET.
E. P. Fearing, M. D., of Nantucket.
COUNTY OF NORFOLK.
Appleton Howe, M. D., of Weymouth.
Henry Bartlett, M. D., of Roxbury.
Benj. Gushing, M. D., of Dorchester.
A. Le B. Munroe, M. D., of Medway.
Harvey E. Clap, M. D., of Wrentham.
Eben'r P. Burgess, M. D., of Dedham.
COUNTY OF PLYMOUTH.
Alex. Jackson, M. D., of Plymouth,
A. Mlllett, M. D., of No. Bi-idgewater.
W. E. Sparrow, M. D., of Mattapoisett.
R. T. P. Fiske, M. D., of Hingham.
COUNTY OF SUFFOLK.
Edward Reynolds, M. D., of Boston.
John C. Dalton, M. D., of Boston.
Oliver W. Holmes, M. D., of Boston.
* President of the Massachusetts Medical Society.
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George H. Gay, M. D., of Boston.
Kobert W. Hooper, M. D., of Boston.
Samuel L. Abbott, M. P., of Boston.
Sam'l G. Howe, M. D., of So. Boston.
W.H. Thorndike, M. D., of E. Boston.
W. G. Wheeler, M. D., of Chelsea.
COUNT-^ OF WORCESTER.
Joseph Sargent, M. D., of Worcester.
Alfred Hitchcock, M. D., of Fitchburg.
Henry Clark, M. D., of Worcester.
John G. Metcalf, M. D., of Mendon.
William D. Peck, M. D., of Sterling.
Allen C. Fay, M. D., of Milford.
F. D. Brown, M. D., of Webster.
C. P. Fiske, M. D., of Fiskdale.
Subsequently, on representation of the commissioners of the
counties that the public service would be convenienced, the
following additional were appointed : —
COUNTY OF BARNSTABLE.
E. W. Carpenter, M. D., of Chatham.
COUNTY OF NORFOLK.
C. C. Holmes, M. D., of Milton.
COUNTY OF BERKSHIRE.
E. Wright, M. D., of Lee.
Oliver Peck, M. D., of Sheffield.
N. S. Babbitt, M. D., of North Adams.
Henry R. Spelman, M. D., of Otis.
COUNTY OF FRANKLIN.
N. G. Trow, M. D., of Sunderland.
COUNTY OF WORCESTER.
Chas. E. Whitcomb, M. D., of Barre.
Rufus Woodward, M. D., of Worcester.
Thomas R. Gage, M. D., of Worcester.
J. Q. A. McCollister, M. D., of Groton.
George W. Morse, M. D., .of Clinton.
Alfred Miller, M. D., of Fitchburg.
Thos. R. Boutelle, M. D., of Fitchburg.
COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX.
Benjamin Cutter, M. D., of Woburn.
Louis E. Partridge, M. D., of Natick.
O. C. Johnson, M. D., of Framingham.
E. Hoyt, M. D., of Framingham.
Geo. W. Warren, M. D., of Hopkinton.
COUNTY OF BRISTOL.
J. R. Bronson, M. D., of Attleborough.
COUNTY OF ESSEX.
J. E. Bomer, M. D., of Ipswich.
H.H.Whittemore,M.D.,ofMarblehead.
Augustus Torrey, M. D., of Beverly.
These Surgeons were selected from among those who, by-
weight of character, professional standing and the estimation in
which they were held by the community, justified the opinion
that the trust would be discharged with ability and integrity.
Generally, this duty was well performed, and with an endeavor
to lessen the hardship consequent upon a service somewhat
unpopular in its character. In a few instances, there was com-
plaint of exorbitance in charge, but this was not sustained by
the commissioners of the counties intrusted with the duty of
revision.
20 SURGEON-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
Since December 1st, 1861, two hundred and sixty-two inspect-
ing surgeons have been appointed for the examination of recruits.
Printed forms, for information, corresponding to the army-
standard, were forwarded with each detail, with an earnest
recommendation that the service should be thoroughly per-
formed, and a rigid adherence to the regulations be observed.
It is to be regretted that in some instances these instructions
were disregarded, and men passed and sent to camp entirely
unfit for duty. More anxiety was shown by towns to fill their
quota than to give the service good and efficient men. Where
time was afforded the regimental surgeon to make a rigid
and thorough examination, this evil was in a measure cor-
rected ; but in some instances where the exigencies of the
government required the hurrying on of troops, sufficient time
was not given to complete their examinations. Large bounties
tempted many to enlist with a knowledge of their disability,
and to ask for their discharge as soon as the novelty of camp
life had passed away, and the discomfitures of the service
had commenced. In the cases of those enlisting from an
honest desire to render good service, where disease has been
developed from the exposures incident to camp, and when,
from accident, disabilities have been received in the line of
duty, discharges have been granted without regard to the
bounty paid ; but when the motive in enlisting was evidently a
mercenary and pecuniary one, discharges have been refused
until the bounties were returned to the towns. In some
instances, even under these circumstances, the towns have
declined the reimbursement, giving as a reason that they had
furnished their quota, the men were mustered and «worn in, and
it was an affair of the United States Government, and not of
the towns.
The above complaint is not intended to apply to any particu-
lar localities, for the charge of negligence in inspection is
applicable to those surgeons from whose knowledge and expe-
rience a different result might have been expected, as well as
to those who might claim some exemption from blame on the
ground of inexperience. It is a curious fact, that in those
regiments where the greatest clamor was raised against the
regimental surgeon for his rigid inspection, the most querulous-
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3. 21
ness has been exhibited because of his inability to grant dis-
charges to those who, obviously unfit, have yet been mustered
into the service. Some remedy must be proposed for this evil,
so detrimental to the efficiency of our troops.
In the nine months' regiments, considerable embarrassment
has arisen from the fact that neither surgeons or assistants could
be commissioned until the colonel was chosen, who, under the
old militia law, holds the power of appointment, the candidate
having first been examined and approved by the Medical Com-
mission. The regiments would have been more efficient if this
had been with the Commander-in-chief. Other inconveniences
have occurred from this cause — such as the necessity for the
appointment of a post surgeon until the medical staff could be
selected by the colonel, who in some instances was not commis-
sioned until a day or two before the departure of the regiment.
The uncertainty and delay, the little time which could be given
to the organization of the medical department, and the vexa-
tion generally consequent upon the want of some one author-
ized to make out discharge papers, have been matters of constant
regret. On account of these and other manifest annoyances, I
respectfully recommend to your Excellency that the attention
of the legislature should be called to the importance of altering
or amending so much of the militia laws as gives to the colonels
the appointment of the medical staff. I am happy to add,
that thus far in the nine months' regiments, no other motive
but the desire to secure the most competent surgeons has
influenced the officers, and they have been fortunate in
securing faithful and experienced men.
Until the first of January of this year, the sick and
wounded, through the liberality and kindness of the Trustees
of the Massachusetts General Hospital, were admitted into
that institution, kindly cared for, and the amount of cost
remitted to the State.
Having received authority, as Acting Surgeon, U. S. A.,
to provide for the sick and wounded, a contract was made with
its Trustees, on the first of January, and continued until the
arrival of Surgeon McLaren, U. S. A., Medical Director of the
Department of New England, when it was annulled, and a
22 SURGEON-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
United States General Hospital established, under the direction
of this officer. The elegant mansion in Pemberton Square,
belonging to our esteemed and respected fellow-citizen, R. M.
Mason, Esq., was generously offered to the government for this
purpose, Acting Assistant-Surgeon W. E. Townsend, U. S. A.,
being in charge. The resources of the Massachusetts Hospital
were ample for all exigencies until after the battle of Williams-
burg, when, on the arrival of a transport steamer, under the
direction of the Sanitary Commission, laden with sick and
wounded, other accommodations were provided. The more
severely wounded, and those requiring operations, were, how-
ever, accommodated, at this hospital. At all times, whether
by day or night, the personal attention of this Department was
given to the reception of the sick, and I am not aware of one
occasion when notice was given that those arriving did not
receive such aid and attention as their condition demanded.
In every emergency, where official attention was rendered to
the sick and wounded, I have had the cordial co-operation
of the Assistant-Quartermaster U. S. A., Oapt. William W.
McKim, and the Commissary of Subsistence, Colonel E. D.
Brigham, my relations with whom have always been of the
most satisfactory and pleasant character.
I respectfully recommend to the attention of your Excellency
the institution in this city founded by the benevolent as a home
for discharged soldiers. It is hoped that, by legislative enact-
ment, the fostering care of the State will be extended to so
desirable and worthy an object, if conducted on a plan promising
to be productive of benefit to those who should never cease to
be the objects of our sympathy and interest.
Herewith is submitted the reports of Gardiner Tufts, of
Washington, William P. Robinson, of Baltimore, Robert R.
Corson, of Philadelphia, and Lieut. Colonel Howe, of New York,
agents specially appointed by your Excellency, whose duty it
has been to provide for the wants of our soldiers, and furnish
to this Department the names of the sick and wounded in the
hospitals in their vicinities. The completeness and accuracy of
the lists, shows how thoroughly and faithfully the duty has been
performed. From other localities lists have been forwarded,
and the thoughtful consideration of many private individuals
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3. 23
has enabled us to trace almost every soldier connected with the
service from Massachusetts. Letters are constantly received
from those anxious to learn the fate of friends who have never
been heard from. A careful examination of the records has
enabled us to give the desired information, fraught often with
melancholy interest. The courteous and humane consideration
shown by the assistants of this Department in charge of these
records, and their patient interest in every inquiry, has helped
to alleviate the pain and soften the sorrow, of those who daily
consult them, and who by their presence remind us of the sad
realities the war has entailed upon us.
The agency at Washington, under the charge of Gardiner
Tufts, has become a bureau of inquiry and correspondence, and
the constant calls for information in regard to pay, discharges,
furloughs, embalming and forwarding the bodies of the dead,
attending to the wants of our soldiers and remedying their
wrongs, evinces the necessity of the continuance of this office
under its present efficient head.
I do not see how the State Agencies in other cities, the
localities of large hospitals, can be discontinued without
materially lessening a large amount of judicious help to our
soldiers, which, there is every reason to think, has been
rendered in a prudent manner. Every soldier will fight
braver, and bear the sufferings and hardships of war better, if
he feels that the State still regards his condition with interest,
and though unable always to remedy his privations, does not
withhold her sympathy and consideration. The testimony of
all who have visited our hospitals agree, that our soldiers,
whether on the battle-field, or under the tedious restraint of
hospital treatment, far from home and friends, have borne
up under their trials with a patient and heroic endurance
worthy of the good cause in which they have suffered. I
respectfully recommend the continuance of these agencies, so
wisely established by your Excellency.
Herewith is also submitted the interesting and valuable
report on the condition of our camps, by Edward Jarvis, M. D.,
who was specially detailed by your Excellency to visit them,
with reference to their sanitary condition. His elaborate paper
24 SURGEON-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
on the sanitary condition of our army lias been reprinted and
extensively distributed. The camps have been generally favor-
ably located, and there has been an exemption from any
prevalent form of disease. Our troops have escaped the
epidemics which have often impaired the efficiency of regiments
from other States, and it is hoped that the care and forethought
observed in regard to vaccination which thus far have so effectu-
ally protected our troops from variola, will continue to exempt
them from so serious a disease. The supply of food has been
plentiful, and of good quality. The surgeons have manifested
a high degree of interest, and when time has been given them
have been solicitous and watchful of the condition of the bar-
racks, and general condition of the men. If there have been
heretofore a disregard and inattention to these points, it was
attributable rather to inexperience than to a want of interest in
the discharge of their duties. When the surgeons have been
supported by an efficient police, the condition of the camps has
been on the whole satisfactory.
The exigencies of the Government, in requiring the for-
warding of large bodies of men in a short time after their
being sent to camp — the constant labors of the surgeon in
examining recruits, and other duties preparatory to a hasty
departure, — have often impaired their well-meant plan for
sanitary improvements, and left much remaining to be done to
bring our new troops to a condition of thorough efficiency.
Should the wisdom of the legislature establish a Sanitary
Board, it is hoped that some one of its members will be clothed
with the authority of military rank to visit the camps and
hospitals of the State, and such discretionary power as may
enable him to correct abuses or suggest improvements.
The detail of Assistant Commissary Pearson, by Colonel
Brigham, Gonimissary-General, with his experience in the
preparation of food, and the valuable information he was able
to give, iu the construction and management of the kitchen,
has had an important influence in modifying the diseases con-
sequent upon badly prepared food. A mild form of diarrhoea
is always the accompaniment of a new- formed camp. As this
(^^isease ui our camps at Jiome has I'arely passed into a chronic
'fprra, and is generally of short duration, it has been attributed
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3. 25
to atmospheric changes, or to the condition of the water used
in drinking and in the cooking of tlie food ; but tlie experience
of those who have carefully watched this subject, with my own
observation, have assured me that it Is mainly attributable to
want of proper knowledge in the preparation and cooking of
the rations.
Tliis disease, in its chronic form, is the scourge of every
army, and so weakens and impairs its energies, as to call for a
thorough investigation into its causes and management. It is a
question worthy of consideration, whether some part of the large
sums of money devoted to the inspection of camps and hospitals,
might not be judiciously diverted from this channel, and appro-
priated to a more legitimate and useful purpose. The rations
of the English troops in the Crimea, cooked under the super-
vision of Soyer, with other ameliorating conditions, soon
improved the health and comfort of the troops, and experience
has taught us that a man will fight better, and bear the fatigue
and discomfitures of the service more cheerfully when his
ration, however simple, is cooked with a proper regard to his
power of digestion.
The soldier in the camp, in the field, and on the march,
should be as much an object of solicitude to those who have a
real regard for his welfare as when worn by sickness or disabled
by wounds he is the inmate of the government hospital. Fortu-
nately for the credit of our government, the unanimous testi-
mony of those best able to judge, unite in saying, that with
rare exceptions, these are humanely and properly conducted.
If this were otherwise, the evil should be corrected by holding
those in authority responsible, and bringing every man, negli-
gent, indifferent, cruel or unfit, to a speedy punishment.
Whilst little complaint is made by the inmates of these hos-
pitals, as to their medical and surgical treatment, there is much
in regard to the kind and mode of preparation of food, and I am
confident that many cases of disease which have lingered for
months, would have been cured, or greatly relieved, if more
attention were paid to this point.
Until the evils consequent upon insufiicient and improper
food, and of a want of variety necessary for the prevention of
scorbutic and other diseases, the result of imperfect 'nourish-
4
26 SURGEON-GENERAL'3 REPORT. [Jan.
ment, can be corrected, — until more attention is paid to all the
circumstances connected with the economy of health and the
preservation of the highest amount of vital force, — until the
soldier is more cared for, in all tlie conditions which increase
and sustain his powers of endurance, our army will never be
in that condition which should make us a fighting people.
Our material is the best in the world. We should so care for it
as to make it healthy in the camp and invincible in the field.
There is one subject on which I venture to hope your
Excellency will utter no uncertain sound. This is the outra-
geous and culpable inattention and neglect of government
officials shown in the transportation of our troops. The
unseaworthy condition of the ships sailing from other ports
than this ; the overcrowding, the want of room and facilities
for proper ventilation, with a general disregard for the comfort
of the men, — call loudly for reform. It would be difficult to
calculate the amount of morale and physique lost to a regiment
by such a disregard of the common conditions of health.
These transports are not intended for slave pens, but for
the conveyance of the soldier wliose manliness and better
nature should not be crushed out by these circumstances.
The transition of the soldier from the peaceful habits and
pursuits of the civilian to a state when he suddenly leaves
behind him his former duties, occupation and associations,
should be attended with such influences, and under such
conditions as will reconcile him to the change with as little
detriment to his moral and pliysical nature as possible.
I may be allowed to add, as the result of my observation and
experience in the duties of tliis department, the conviction that
Massachusetts soldiers are to be relied upon for their word as
implicitly as any other class of citizens. Nearly every man
absent from his regiment reports here for instructions ; and
among all who have thus had occasion to apply, not one, so far
as I know, has failed to return at the expiration of a furlough
granted him, unless prevented from travelling by extreme
sickness ; instances of unwilHngncss to return to duty after
convalescence are rare. From this fact we may infer how
rarely wanton desertion from duty, or absence without leave,
occur among our Massachusetts troops. In the absence of
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3. 27
systematic rules with regard to furlougliing the sick, and owing
to the constant changes of orders relating thereto, promulgated
from head-quarters, I have not hesitated to put a liberal and
humane construction upon regulations designed for the welfare
of the soldier not less than the discipline of the army.
The constant demands upon my time in the daily routine
of duties incident to this Department, has not given me
opportunity to make more than a hurried visit to a few of
the camps of our regiments near Washington ; but the health
of our troops has generally been good where they have been
placed under favorable circumstances. Frequent reports are
made to me of their condition by the regimental surgeons ;
many of whom evince a soimdness of judgment and such
faithfulness in their care of the men as to satisfy me of the
wisdom of their selection. Tlieir most common complaint is the
want of variety in the food, and this subject is of such impor-
tance as to demand of the Government a searching investigation.
The troops in the Soutliern Departments suffered greatly from
malarious diseases — particularly the Thirtieth, in the Depart-
ment of the Gulf. The valuable reports of Surgeon Towle, of
this regiment, are herewith submitted. In the Army of the
Potomac, chronic diarrhoea, rheumatism, typhoid fever and
scurvy, are spoken of by the medical staff, in their communica-
tions, as the prevailing diseases. It is a matter of congratula-
tion that in all these departments our surgeons have generally
been energetic and devoted in their care of the troops, and
have shown not only professional skill, but that tact, energy
and common sense so characteristic of the well educated
surgeon.
I beg leave to call the attention of your Excellency to the
valuable suggestions of the Surgeon-General, U. S. A., as
contained in his report to the Secretary of War, confident that
every thing intended to contribute to the efficiency of the
medical department of the army, will receive the weight of
your executive influence.
On the 7th day of June, Dr. R. M. Hodges, and subsequently
on the 17th of November, Dr. Anson P. Hooker have been
detailed by your order to my assistance. I desire to express to
your Excellency my high appreciation of their invaluable and
28 SURGEON-GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.
able service ; and to add, to the profession generally, my acknowl-
edgments for their kindness and courtesy in aiding me when
occasion has required it.
In the difficult and perplexing duties of a new position,
the responsibilities of which I have been fully alive to, I
have had the sympathy and co-operation of your Excellency,
alike zoalous in upholding the dignity and usefulness of an
honored profession, and indefatigable that its high character
at home should be creditably sustained in that sphere of action
which the distresses of this unhappy war has entailed upon us.
I remain, with the highest respect.
Your obedient servant,
WM. J. DALE,
Surgeon- General.
1863.]
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DISBURSEMENTS FROM THE CONTINGENT FUND.
Paid for medicines, .....
for surgical instruments,
for telegrams,
for baggage straps for volunteer surgeons,
for hospital cushions and haversacks, .
for examination Cook's Battery,
for postage and stationery, .
for advertising, .
for travelling expenses to camp,
for printing blanks.
Paid for services of volunteer surgeons,
for expenses of volunteer surgeons, . .•
Dr. J. W. Gushing, as Acting Assistant-Surgeon,
32d Regiment Mass. Vols., ....
Dr. Charles A. Davis, as Acting Surgeon, 32d
Regiment Mass. Vols.,
Dr. J. Edward Hill, as Acting Assistant-Surgeon,
19th Regiment Mass. Vols., ....
Dr. R. M. Hodges, medical services, .
Hospital Steward, for services, ....
O. C. Gibbs, Esq., detailed to visit sick in army
of Potomac,
for removing disabled soldiers, ....
for ambulance and hack hire, ....
for expenses of Medical Commission, .
for publication report and postage,
for sundries, .......
Balance on hand
|!537 83
5.59 48
15 16
15 32
7 87
90 00
37 53
6 00
10 00
119 29
$1,398 48
$1,754 34
393 92
50 00
67 00
75 00
150 00
95 00
50 00
25 00
115 70
100 00
44 20
66 90
317 94
3,300 00
§4,698 48
RJE I> O H T
MASTER OF ORDNANCE
JANUARY 1st, 18 6 3
dEcmmDniuealil at Itassat^us^tts.
fl Ordnance Department, Boston, January 1, 1863.
To
Brigadier-General William Schouler,
Adjutant- General
of the Common wealth of Massachusetts.
General, — I have the honor to transmit, through you, for the information of
His Excellency the Governor and Commander-in-Chief, a Keport of the trans-
actions of this Department during the year 1862.
I have the honor to be,
EespectfuUy,
Your obedient servant,
CHAKLES AMORY,
Master of Ordnance.
^oinmouttiealtl) of iltaBsacljusetts.
Ordnance Department, Boston, ]
January 1, 1863. \
To f
His Excellency John A. Andrew,
Governor and Commander-in-Chief
of the Commonivealth of Massachusetts.
Sir, — Herewith I have the honor to present tabular state-
ments (marked [A.] to [Q.] inclusive) exhibiting in detail
the doings of this department during the year ending 31st
December, 1862.
Table [A.] is schedule of bills approved during the year,
amounting to 148,511.80, of which $7,744.75 was contracted
during the year 1861, leaving the sum of 140,767.05 as the
total of expenditures over which this department had any
control, not including, however, £22,250 sterling, (equivalent
at nine per cent, premium of exchange to 1107,787.81,) the
cost of 5,680 Enfield rifles and appendages, purchased in
England through the agency of Mr. F. B. Crowninshield under
orders given in the year A. D. 1862.
The actual expenses of the office for the year were, say,
81,490 — for clerk hire, postages, stationery, printing and tele-
graphing ; and for labor at arsenal, $3,553.
Table [B.] is schedule of ordnance and ordnance stores
received from the United States Government, of articles pur-
chased, and of alterations and repairs other than those made at
the arsenal.
[C] is schedule of ordnance, &c., collected from nailitia,
(not included in corrected reports of material in possession,)
from towns and other sources, not included in other tables.
4 REFORT OP MASTER OF ORDNANCE. [Jan.
[D,] is schedule of ordnance &c.,in possession of the militia,
as per corrected returns under special order No. 23, dated
February 6,1862.
[E.] is statement of issues to the volunteer militia during the
year.
[P.] is schedule of ordnance &c., received from the militia,
subsequent to returns as specified in table [D.] and issues in
table [E.]
[G.] is statement of property lost or destroyed by the militia
between the 1st May and 1st October, (but does not specify the
great damage to much that was returned.) The discrepancies
between this table and the differences shown between tables
[D.] and [E.] consolidated, and table [F.], are occasioned by
errors in the returns included in table [D.], many of which
were very imperfect.
[H.] is abstract of issues to troops, infantry &c, mustered
into the service of the United States, by which it will be seen
that arms have been issued to ten regiments and three com-
panies, and accoutrements to nine regiments and eight com-
panies of three years' volunteers, and arms and accoutrements
to seventeen regiments of nine months' volunteers, and one
company of six months' men. Showing a total issue of 25,176
muskets and rifles, and 495 swords, with the appendages and
accoutrements, and of 1,277,900 rounds of ammunition, forty-
one regimental, thirty-one national colors, and fifteen guidons,
&c., &c., &c.
[I.] is statement of issues to artillery mustered into the
service of the United States, which shows that one battery
of six months' volunteers has been fully supplied, and nine
batteries, in all, furnished each with a pair of guidons.
[K.] is statement of issues to camps of rendezvous and
instruction.
[L.] is statement of ordnance returned from camps to
arsenal.
[M.] is statement of ordnance remaining in camps.
[N.] is statement of ordnance <fec., remaining in charge of
the militia, in possession of towns, and on board the school
ship.
[0.] is schedule of ordnance and ordnance stores remaining
in the arsenal and in repair-shop.
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3. 5
[P.] is schedule of tools and appurtenances now on hand at
the arsenal.
[Q.] is schedule of the munitions remaining in the magazine.
In obedience to an order from your Excellency, a quantity of
condemned and unserviceable ordnance property was sold at
public auction in June last, net proceeds of which, amounting
to $515.55, were paid over to the treasurer, in whose office
particulars of the sale are on file.
One thousand cartridges for Savage Company's revolving
pistols have been sold for actual cost and charges, say $20, and
a flag-staff, (formerly in possession of Cobb's Battery,) was in
May last recovered in Quincy and sold for $8, which sums were
paid into the treasury.
In making the two sales, last above mentioned, I have to
report having acted wifbout authority.
Dr. J. Baxter Upham, Surgeon in charge of the United States
General Hospital at Beaufort, N. C, having applied to the
State, through me, for a grant of some old cannon to be used
as gate posts in the erection of a fence around the military
cemetery at Beaufort, to be erected at his personal .charge, and
there being at the arsenal two old and entirely unserviceable
six pounder iron guns, the same were, with the approval of
your Excellency, delivered to his order.
During the year there have been fabricated at the arsenal
(from materials on hand) 55,520 cartridges, blank, calibre .69.
For more particular information respecting the details of the
business of the department, the difficulty of condensing makes
it necessary to ask reference to the tables before mentioned.
I have the honor to be, very respectfully,
Your Excellency's obedient servant,
CHARLES AMORY,
Master of Ordnance.
REPORT OF MASTER OP ORDNANCE. [Jan.
[A.]
SGHED ULE OF BILLS approved by the Master of Ordnance, Com-
monwealth of Massachusetts, during ike Tear ending Dec 31, 1862.
ARTICLES OR SERVICE.
C. C. Clapp & Co., .
E. A. G. Roulstone, .
Cutter, Tower & Co.,
William Linton,
Merritt & Co.'s Express, .
E. A. G. Roulstone, .
G. W. D. Andrews, .
C. C. Clapp & Co., .
A. Sylvester & Co., .
Boston & Worcester R. R. .
H. N. Daggett, .
Goodyear Rubber Co.,
Adams Express Co., .
Charles O. Eaton,
Ames Manufacturing Co., .
W. P. Kellogg, .
Jones & Co., Camb. Ex., .
I. P. Estes,
I. M. Hilton,
S. P. Blake,
William B. Berry,
A. Sylvester & Co., .
William A. Bean,
Pay-Roll of Arsenal, .
Banker & Carpenter,
Brown & Severance, .
E. A. G. Roulstone, .
William Read & Son,
James Boyd & Sons, .
J. M. Forbes & Co., .
Adams Express Co., . ■ .
A. Sylvester & Co., .
William A. Bean,
William S. Brown, .
William Hayden,
Boston & Providence R. R.,
A. J. Drake,
Pay -Roll at Arsenal, .
O. W. Bavley, .
Pettingill & Wheeler,
A. J. Drake,
Jones & Co.'s Express,
Jones & Co.'s Express,
C. C. Clapp & Co., .
John K. Stimson & Bro.,
John K. Stimson & Bro.,
Jones & Co.'s Express,
A. J. Drake,
A. Sylvester & Co., .
A. J. Drake,
J. K. Stimson & Bro.,
2 Bugles complete with Call Books, 32d Reg.,
Saddles for the 3d Battery, .
Stationery for Office, . . ' .
Cartage,
Freight, Salem to Boston, .
Harness, Saddles, &c., &c., for 1st Battery
Ex. to Annapolis, exch'e Arms of 21st Reg
Bugles, Drum Heads, &c., for 29th Reg.,
Cleaning 100 Muskets,
Trans, from Springfield and from N. York
52 Musicians' Swords,
2,500 Rifle Tompions, ....
Freight to Poolesville, Arms for 15th Reg,
Colors and Markers with append's, 29th Reg
50 Riflemen's Belt Slides, .
300,000 Percussion Caps, .
Cartage and Transportation,
Hardware and Sundries,
Stove and Pipe, ....
2,000 Musket Tompions,
Tin Ware and Sundries for Arsenal,
Cleaning 300 Muskets,
Services as Watchman at Magazine,
For the month of January,
Paints, Oils, &c., for Arsenal,
Coach hire one hour, .
Thumb Stalls
252 English Nipples, 2d Co. Sharpshooters.
12 doz. Cart. Box Knobs and Shoul'r Belts
For Prem. of Ins., Arms, &c., from England,
Freight from New York to Annapolis, Md
Cleaning 420 Muskets,
Services, as Watchman at Magazine, .
Labor at Arsenal, ....
Transportation,
Bay'ts, Scabbards and Sights to W. Rifles
and 200 Bayonets for Enfield Rifles, .
For the month of February,
Cleaning Muskets, ....
Sundries at Arsenal, ....
30 Bayonets for Springfield Rifled Muskets,
Carting and Transportation,
Drum Heads and Sticks, dl'd 1st Battalion,
Freight and Custom House Charges and
Expenses on Enfields, . . . .
Freight and Custom House Charges and
Expenses on Enfields, ...
Carting and Transportation,
300 Bayonets, Scabbards and Sights to W
Rifles, and Cleaning 200 Muskets, .
Cleaning 414 Muskets and Repairs,
300 Bay'ts, Scab'ds and Sights to W. Rifles,
Freight and Custom House Charges and
Expenses on Enfields, . . . .
Amount carried forward,
59 00
835 34
37 26
99 87
12 37
3,030 91
69 50
18 75
60 00
69 34
208 00
32 90
28 65
116 50
4 00
225 00
29 55
28 76
6 24
30 00
7 97
141 00
31 00
405 00
296 74
1 00
6 00
15 25
6 91
2,438 41
172 95
168 00
11 00
17 25
26 00
82 50
3,150 00
263 50
340 10
2 49
52 50
22 64
12 50
3 00
92 24
168 97
17 94
1,225 00
201 85
1,050 00
288 64
15,670 29
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3. 7
Schedule of Bills approved hj the Master of Ordnance — Continued.
NAMES.
<
AUTICLES OR SERVICE.
AMOUNT.
Amount brought forward.
$15,670 29
J. K. Stimsoii «& Bro.,
Freight and Custom House Charges and
Expenses on Enfields, ....
333 88
J. K. Stimson & Bro.,
Freight and Custom House Charges and
lixpenses on Enfields, ....
266 18
H. N. Daggett, .
Repairing 49 Swords, and new Scabbards, .
82 18
A
H. N. Daggett, .
16 Musicians' Swords, ....
64 00
C
Enos G. Allen, .
Altering 100 W. Rifles to Breech Loaders, .
1,125 50
C
Enos G. Allen, .
3 Bayonets and Scabbards for W. Rifles,
7 50
A. J. Drake,
300 Baj'onets, Scabbards and Sights to W.
Rifles, and Cleaning 100 Muskets, .
1,202 50
Pay-Eoll at Arsenal, .
For the month of March, ....
227 75
Jones & Co.'s Express,
Carting and Transportation,
27 79
J. K. Stimson & Bro.,
Freight and Custom House Charges and
Expenses on Enfields, ....
310 18
0. W. Bayley, .
Cleaning 200 Muskets, ....
160 00
C
A. J. Drake,
Cleaning W. Rifles, and furnishing and fit-
ting Bayonets to same, ....
890 60
Joseph West & Co., .
Tools for Cambridge Arsenal,
26 82
A. Sylvester & Co., .
Cleaning 400 Muskets, and Repairs, .
290 50
A
Hooper, Lewis & Co.,
Stationery for Cambridge Arsenal,
11 75
Stone & Downer,
Freight and Charges on Enfields,
87 61
A. J. Drake,
Cleaning 100 Muskets, and furnishing parts.
107 12
J. K. Stimson & Bro.,
Freight and Custom House Charges and
Expenses on Enfields, ....
47 74
J. K. Stimson & Bro.,
Freight and Custom House Charges and
Expenses on Enfields, ....
33 06
J. K. Stimson & Bro.,
Freight and Custom House Charges and
Expenses on Enfields, ....
97 49
J. K. Stimson & Bro.,
Freight and Custom House Charges and
Expenses on Enfields, ....
73 37
J. K. Stimson & Bro.,
Freight and Custom House Charges and
Expenses on Enfields, ....
63 41
J. K. Stimson & Bro.,
Freight and Custom House Charges and
Expenses on Enfields, ....
80 25
Pay-Roll at Arsenal, .
For the month of April, ....
303 50
M. J. Farrell, .
Sundries for Cambridge Arsenal, .
10 85
Boj'lston F. & M. Ins. Co.,
Marine Insurance, Arms from Eng'd,
501 00
Boylston F. & M. Ins. Co.,
Fire " " " " in store,
140 80
American Insurance Co., .
Marine " " " " . .
501 00
Jones & Co.'s Express,
Carting and Transportation,
34 64
A
N. Y. & Norwich R. R. Co.,
Transportation,
19 00
Boston & Wor. R. R. Co., .
(1
79 50
John Stone,
Services as Watchman, at Magazine, .
12 00
William Linton,
Trucking,
59 25
Wilkinson «& Cummings, .
632 small U. S. Plates, ....
53 72
A. J. Drake, .
Cleaning 200 Muskets and furnishing parts.
453 01
James Martin, .
8 Tarpaulins, Boston Light Artillery Co., .
165 36
C. C. Clapp & Co., .
2 Copper Bugles, delivered t© Lt. Artillery,
9 00
A. J. Drake,
Cleaning and furnishing parts of Muskets, .
332 88
Oriental Powder Co., .
10 kegs Cannon Powder for Boston Lt. Art'y,
50 00
Theodore C. Weeks, .
56 Rubber Watering Pails, 8th Battery,
71 07
Pay-Roll at Arsenal, .
For the month of May, ....
311 50
A. S. Bm-rill, .
75 Nose Bags, 8th Battery, ....
60 00
Joseph L. Bates,
42 Drums, Slings and Sticks,
267 00
Joseph L. Bates,
5 Drums, with Sticks and Slings,
33 75
William Linton,
Trucking,
97 00
Kurtz, Swallow & Coffin, .
48 Currry Combs, 48 Horse Brushes, 24
Chamois Skins, 8th Batter}', .
60 00
James Martin, .
Picket Ropes and Tow, 8th Battery, .
24 30
Hassam Brothers,
1 ream Emery Cloth, 8th Battery,
Amount carried forward,
5 00
$24,942 60'
8 REPORT OF MASTER OF ORDNANCE. [Jan.
Schedule of Bilh approved by the Master of Ordnance — Continued.
ARTICLES OK SERVICE.
Kurtz, Swallow & Coffin,
J. T. Croft,
Tufts Brothers & Co.,
I. M. Williams. .
Jones & Co.'s Express,
Jones & Co.'s Express,
I. M. Williams, .
C. C. Clapp & Co., .
A. J. Drake,
A. J. Drake,
William Dailj', .
J. H. Dodge, .
Pay-Roll at Arsenal, .
C. Robj^ & Co., .
A. J. Drake,
Charles 0. Eaton,
Pay-Roil at Arsenal, .
Hassam Brothers,
Charles 0. Eaton,
Charles 0. Eaton,
Adams Express Co., .
Adams Express Co., .
Wilkinson & Cummings,
A. J. Drake,
E. A. G. Roulstone, .
H. N. Daggett, .
Peter C. Jones, .
Pav-Roll at Arsenal, .
Simon 0. Gillett,
Pay-Roll at Arsenal, .
William Linton,
Jones & Co.'s Express,
Jones & Co.'s Express,
Jones & Co.'s Express,
Charles 0. Eaton,
Wilkinson & Cummings,
Boston & Wor. R. R. Co.,
A. J. Drake,
A. J. Drake,
James Boyd & Sons, .
Pay-Roll at Arsenal, .
Jones & Co.'s Express,
A. J. Drake,
M. J. Farrell, .
Charles (). Eaton,
Wright & Potter,
Adams Express Co., .
Charles 0. Eaton,
Pay-Roll .at Arsenal, .
J. \j. Fairbanks,
American Telegraph Co.,
E. A. G. Roulstone, .
Amount brought forward,
110 Surcingles, 8th Battery,
Rings and Iron Work, 8th Battery,
24 Army Lanterns, 8th Battery, .
Painting and Repairs on Cambridge Arsenal
Carting and Transportation,
7 Chimnej^s, painted and sanded, at Cam
bridge Arsenal,
2 Copper Signal Bugles, delivered 4th Bat
talion, M. V. M., ....
Cleaning 141 Muskets and parts, .
Cleaning and Repairing 60 Sabres and Scab
bards, &c.,
Horse Hire for Cobb's Battery, .
Repairs on Battery of Boston Lt. Artillery,
For the month of June, ...
New Steel Scabbards, for 12 non-Com. Offi-
cers' Swords,
Cleaning and Repairing Muskets and parts
Regimental Colors and Guidons, .
For the month of Julj',
3 reams Emery Cloth, ....
Colors, Guidons and Appendages,
Transportation to Harrison's Landmg and
Newport News,
Freight, Colors and Guidons to New Orleans,
Infantry Waist Bolts, Plates, &c..
Cleaning and Repairs and parts of Muskets
40 Frogs, for Sergeants' Swords, .
Repairs on Sergeants' Swords,
2 reams Manilla Paper, for the manufacture
of Cartridges,
For the month of August,
Labor at the Arsenal, ....
From September 1st to September 4th,
Trucking,
Carting and Transportation,
National Flags and Regimental Colors and
Appendages,
Infantry Equipments, iSrc, .
Transportation, .....
Cleaning, Repairs, and furnishing parts of
Muskets,
Altering English Baj'onets' Scabbards,
Altering Infimtry Equipments,
For the month of September,
Carting and Transportation,
Cleaning, Repairing, and parts of Muskets
Coal, Stove Pipe, i&c, for use at Arsenal,
Flags and Regimental Colors and Append's
Printing Blank Requisitions,
Transportation to Regiments in the Field,
National Flags, Regimental Colors and Ap
pendages,
For the month of October, .
Stationery for use at Office,
Telegraphing,
Repairing Artillery Harness, Equip'ts, &c..
$24,942 60
41 25
11 40
15 00
366 75
71 65
22 64
28 00
9 00
68 45
33 00
38 00
39 12
218 50
30 00
472 27
308 50
231 25
15 00
846 72
273 61
8 00
35 00
886 02
421 09
12 00
36 25
7 00
427 98
10 50
70 50
155 50
38 67
150 25
136 64
925 71
5,114 65
8 55
249 46
120 20
3,825 33
350 25
53 33
111 90
45 17
865 09
33 37
10 00
898 84
288 00
6 50
12 08
792 34
Amount carried forward.
. $44,188 88
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3. 9
Schedule of Bills approiKd hy the Master of Ordnance — Concluded.
A. J. Drake,
Pay-Roll at Arsenal,
Joseph West & Co.,
H. N. Daggett, .
Jones & Co.'s Express,
Charles 0. Eaton,
Adams Express Co.,
Joseph West & Co.,
A. J. Drake,
Adams Express Co.,
Wright & Potter,
Jones & Co.'s Express,
Pay-Roll at Arsenal,
James Boyd & Sons,
George C. Trumbull,
Charles 0. Eaton,
Henry W. Stone,
Charles Araory, .
Charles Amory,
George C. Trumbull,
Charles 0. Eaton.
Henry W. Stone,
ARTICLES Olt SERVICE.
Amount brought forward.
Cleaning and Repairing Muskets, &c..
For the month of November,
8 Shovels,
Sergeants' Swords and Repairs, .
Carting and Transportation,
Eeg'l Colors, Flags, Guidons and Append's
Freight and Transportation,
2 kegs Nails,
Cleaning and Repairing Muskets,
Freight and Transportation,
Printing Blank Receipts and Invoices,
Carting and Transportation,
For the month of December,
Repairs on Equipments and Carting, .
Services as Clerk in 1861, . . $23 33
" " " . . 7 00
" " " . . 4 00
$203 22
8 75
4 00
For sundry bills paid, viz :
Bills contracted in 18t)l —
Bost. &. Prov. R. R. and Bost. &
Wore. R. R., ... $104 50
0. W. Bayley, Expen's to Windsor, 38 92
Sundries for Arsenal, P^eights. Mate-
rial, &c., &c., . . ' . . 66 23
Bills contracted in 1862—
Trans'n per R. R. and Express,
Repairs on Magazine,
Labor on Bost. Common, May 25th,
Expenses to Worcester, change of
Arms, 34th Regiment,
S. P. Blake, Cone Shields,
Wm. Read & Son, 1 M Perc'n Caps,
Sundries for 8th Battery,
Telegraphmg, ....
Postages,
Witn'es in case of Langdon's Ky. R.
18 galls. Sperm Oil for Arms, tSiC, .
15 " Blacking, ....
83i lbs. Twine, ....
Stationery for Arsenal, .
" Office,
Sundry Articles, del'd at Arsenal,
Services as Clerk in 1862, .
3 25
3 00
1 00
2 66
8 85
47 50
32 00
29 75
12 07
17 33
9 12
11 30
49 48
$44,188 88
192 20
239 50
9 00
62 50
29 14
1,128 47
46 50
9 50
237 50
18 00
29 42
36 68
243 00
12 25
34 33
209 65
443 28
1,200 00
133 00
9 00
$48,511 80
Bills marked A. were for supplies purchased and services rendered in 1861.
Item marked B. This amount was contracted in 1861, and reported in the expenditure
of that year.
F. B. Crowninshield's acc't for cost and ch'ges Enfield M'kets, &c.,am't'd to £73,897 8 3
Of which, reported in 1861, 51,647 8 1
Balance on account of 1862, £22,250 0 2
C. The alterations in Windsor Rifles were ordered in 1861.
Total Pay-Roll at Arsenal for the year 1862, amounted to ... . $3,553 00
Messrs. Cyrus Alger & Co.'s bills of Dec. 7, 1861, ($1,971.47,) and of June,
1862, ($1,196.00,) remain unsettled.
The State claims of Messrf. Alger & Co., for old materials, and allowances on former
bills, an amount believed to be more than sufficient to cover said bills.
2
10
REPORT OF MASTER OF ORDNANCE. [Jan.
[B.]
SCHED ULE — Ordnance and Stores received from the U. S. Govern-
ment, Purchased hy the State, and Altered and Repaired during the
Year ending December 31, 1862.
From U. S. Government Depots.
From Springtield Armory.
Rifle Muskets, model '61, cal. .58,
Cones for same, spare.
Main Springs for same, spare,
Sear Springs " "
Tumbler Screws for " "
Wipers,
Screw Drivers, &c., for same,
Tompions " "
Ball Screws " "
Spring Vises " "
Tumbler Punches " "
Arm Chests " "
Infantry Accoutrements, sets, .
Parts for rep'ng iluskets, mod. '42
8,100
8,100
2,025
2,025
2,025
8,100
8,100
8,100
810
810
1,620
405
7,200
2,840
From Capt. S. Crispin, iY. Y.
Rifle Muskets, Enfield, calibre .577,
Tompions, "
Cones, spare, "
Compound Xools, "
Ritle Muskets, Austrian, calibre .54,
Wipers, "
Worms, "
Screw Drivers, &c., Austrian,
Bayonet Scabbards, "
From Neio York Arsenal.
Non-Commis'd Officers' Swords,
Musicians' Swords,
Sword Belts, Shoulder, with Plates
Cartridge Boxes with Plates, .
Cartridge Box Belts with Plates,
Bayonet Scabbards,
Waist Belts with Plates,
Cap Pouches, ....
Gun Slings, ....
From Frankford Arsenal.
Non-Commis'd OflScers' Swords,
Musicians' Swords,
Sword Belts, Shoulder, with Plates,
Sergeants' Waist Belts with Plates,
2,700
2,700
2,700
675
3,600
3,600
300
900
3,600
55
20
75
900
900
900
975
900
900
110
40
150
150
From Watervliet Arsenal.
Horse Equipments, sets complete, . 17
Saddle Blankets, .... 17
From Watertoivn Arsenal.
Infantry Accoutrements, sets, . . 4,500
Cartridges, Elong'd Ball, Cal. .58, 400,000
Cartridges, " " " .54,400,000
Travel'g Forge A, with Tools and
Stores, 1
Battery Wagon C, with Tools and
Stores, 1
Artillery Harness, sets for two wheel
Horses, 14
Artillery Harness, sets for two lead
Horses, 28
From U. S. Government.
Recapitulation.
Spr'g'd Rifle Muskets and Appen's, 8,100
Enfield " " " " . 2,700
Austrian " " " " . 3,600
Swords, Sergeants' and Musicians', 225
Sword Belts, Shoulder, with Plates, 225
Sergeants' Waist Belts, " " 225
Infantry Accoutrements, sets, . . 12,600
Parts of Musket, model 1842, . 2,840
Travel'g Forge A and Contents, . 1
Battery Wagon C " " . 1
Artillery Harness, sets complete, . 42
Horse Equipments, " " . 17
Saddle Blankets, .... 17
Cartridges, Elong'd Ball, cal. .54
and .58 800,000
Purchased.
A— Enfield Rifle Muskets and App's, 5,680
25
100
100
100
100
100
102
A — Bayonets, Enfield,
A — Tang Screws, "
A — Bayonet Clasps, "
A — Side Screws, front, "
A — Side Screws, rear, "
A — Ramrods, "
A — Sear Spring Screws, "
18(33.] HOUSE— No. 3.
Schedtde Ordnance and Stores — Continued.
11
A-
— Sear Screws, Enfield,
71
Swivels, ....
6
A
—Sear Sprinj^s, "
. 250
Ramrods for Enfields,
1C6
A-
—Main Springs, "
. 100
Rifle and Musket Tomp's, '.
^ub'r
, 4,500
A-
-Bridles, "
50
Cone Shields, Rubber,
50
A-
—Tumblers, "
. 300
Tarpaulins, large.
8
A-
—Tumbler Screws, "
. 300
Cannon Powder, kegs.
10
Bronze 6-pd. Field Gun, Rifled, 1
Feed Bags,
75
Bronze 12-pd. Field Howitzers, 2
Rubber Watering Buckets,
5G
Swords, Serg'ts' and Musicians', 64
Curry Combs,
48
Frogs for Swords,
. Ill
Horse Brushes, .
48
Cartridge Boxes, cal. .58,
. 2,3.50
Chamois Skins, .
24
Cartridge Box Plates,
. 2,350
Picket Ropes,
2
Cartridge Box Belts,
. 1,150
Tow, pounds.
112
Cartridge Box Belt Plates,
. 1,150
Surcingles,
110
Bayonet Scabbards, 18 inch., . 900
Lanterns,
24
Cap Pouches,
. 1,-500
Emery Cloth, reams.
4
Waist Belts,
. 1,400
Shovels,
8
Waist Belt Plates, .
. 2,337
Split Rings,
105
B-
—Bayonet Scabbards, long.
. 1,870
Bench Vises,
3
Bugles,
8
Hand Vises,
2
Drums, complete.
47
Files, assorted, .
21
Drum Slings,
44
Nails, Cut, assorted, kegs.
4
Drum Heads, spare, .
8
Screws, Wood, gross,
3
Drum Sticks, spare, pairs.
5
Halters,
55
Drum Cords, spare, •
3
Tube Pouches, .
12
Bayonets, U. S. Clasp,
72
Tube Pouch Belts, .
12
Bayonets, U. S. Slide,
. 463
Limber Chest Straps,
48
B-
-Bayonets, long, for Wind'r ]
iifles, 1,984
Rifle Cones,
300
Bayonets for Enfields,
. 200
Percussion Caps, Pistol,
1,000
Regimental Colors, comple
te, . 41
Stove and Fittings, .
1
National Flags, "
31
Brooms,
12
Guidons, "
33
Mats, ....
1
Belts and Sockets, "
72
Belts for Roman Swords,
20
Rifle Belts,
9
Altered and Repaired, Ou
T8IDE
Rifle Belt Slides,
79
OF Arsenal.
Sperm Oil, gallons, .
18
Blacking, "
15
Six-pounder Field Guns, New
Twine, pounds.
. . 84
Vents, &c.,
6
Hammers for Muskets,
. 286
Six-pdr. Gun Carriages, rep'd
6
Band Springs, .
. 461
Six-pdr. Caissons, "
6
Bayonet Clasps,
22
B— Windsor Rifles fitted for Bay'ts
Tumbler Screws,
. 556
supplied with Sights and put
Ramrods, .
51
in order.
1,742
Main Spring Screws,
8
B — Windsor Rifles altered to Breech
Sear Spring Screws, .
. 129
Loaders, fitted for Bayonets
Side Screws,
. 190
Sighted, &c..
103
Tang Screws,
97
Rifles, cal. .54, cleaned and rep.
348
Bayonet Swivels,
50
Sabre Bayonets, " "
331
Bayonet Swivel Screws, .
. 100
Enfield Muskets, " "
635
Tumblers, .
4
U. S. Muskets, " "
5,498
12 REPORT OF MASTER OF ORDNANCE. [Jan!
Schedule Ordnance and Stores — Concluded.
Swords, repaired and lilted with
Gun Slings,
repaired.
700
new Scabbards,
80
Cartridge Boxes,
43
Sabres, cleaned and repaired,
132
Cap Pouches,
2
Cones, Enfield, countersunk.
20,G75
Baj'onet Scabbards,
25
English Bay't Scabbards, alt'd,
6,000
Eifie Belts,
16
Eng. Cartridge Boxes, "
7.998
Vent Covers,
6
Eng. Cartridge Box Belts, "
7,867
Artillery Harnesses,
48
Cartridge Box Belts, blacked, .
90S
Horse Equipments, sets
)
17
Waist Belts, "
600
A. Items marked A, received from England, being balance of Arms ordered in 1861,
through Mr. F. B. Crowninshield.
B. Items marked B, supplies and labor contracted for in 1861.
[ Q ] ABSTRACT — Ordnance and Stores, (not returned under Special Order No. 23, as in possession of Militia,) received from Militia, Towns and other sources during the Year 1862, not included in other Tables.
1
1
1
s
1
1
2
1
^
1
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1
1
E
1
i
1 1
1 1
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tl
1 =
1
1
1
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1
1
1
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i
1
i
1
1
^
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i
1
s,
1
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1
1
<
g
1
1
e
i
1
1
11
r
1
11
i
1
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J
i
1
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i
1
S
E
a
i
1
Co. A, Second Battalion Infantry,
B, Third
A, Fourtli " •'
B, "
D, Second Regiment "
E, "
F, "
G, "
A, Third " "
B, II II II
a', Fourth " "
i; ; J!
G, "
H, "
I, "
B, Fifth
D, "
A, Sixth "
n, "
C, "
H, "
I, "
B, Seventh " "
C, "
H, "
A, Eighth
D, "
F. "
G, "
■ JJ u
B, Ninth
c,
E, "
City of Lowell
Fall River, .
RoxbuiT,
Cbarlestown.
Newburj'port,
Town of Plymouth, .
Gloucester, .
Section of Artillery, Salem,
Town of Beverly, .
Chief of Police, Boston, .
" " Cambridge,
35th Regiment Massachusetts Volun
3Tth
I6th
21st
28th "
324
City of New Bedford,
W. S. Lincoln, Worcester,
Capt. Devereux,
Gen. W. W. Bullock, .
Town of Dorchester,
South Abintjton,
Under rubbi.sh in cellar of Arsenal,
Capt. J. B. Mcl'herson, .
Town of Barnstable,
An unknown three months' voluntee
Picked up on Boston Common,
Major-General B. F. Butler, .
Boston Light Artillery, .
Quartermastei^General of Massachu
Chairman Military Committee of H
Second Company'of Massachusetts
teers
setu,
n. C
ahaq
shoo
3
8
1
2
_
70
785
138
1
1
m
1
9
2
3
3
10
15
12
3
2
60
1
460
174
701
390
SO
23
3
47
72
4
20
2
32
1
1
0
70
70
-
3
18
3
1
;
3
1
8
10
5
2
60
2
1
1
2
397
945
691
620
80
23
3
48
72
20
60
1
2
3
3
2
3
3
4
3
4
4
4
3
4
3
4
4
2
4
4
4
2
2
2
4
2
1
8
80
1
5
60
66
63
10
8
26
48
60
42
74
9
48
7
12
30
27
19
3
63
48
28
66
10
38
28
35
68
8
41
48
-
38
27
2
;
105
35
33
2
12
46
4
51
28
61
80
42
42
7
42
42
4
68
65
4
-
32
39
8
9
4
61
28
39
41
28
5
41
7
23
-
1
79
20
IS
60
5
36
62
21
12
41
17
20
40
80
40
90
7
35
18
87
63
76
357
26
IS
80
20
7
22
3
28
41
7
14
48
24
43
83
27
2
23
9
12
55
49
166
67
80
17
3
3
36
4
6
18
16
33
24
1
22
3
10
16
114
48
7
10
55
4
22
26
90
32
36
5
33
26
11
15
9
3T
13
81
4
46
6
14
6
76
7
2
7
3
20
35
2
2
30
34
272
37
1
1
24
156
.331
39
2
2
6
3
30
4
1
2
4
1
18
1
1
2
1
30
1
248
415
38
a
1
1
1
1
23
48
1
1
3
:
:
8
1
13
39
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
1
4
-
3
8
41
43
62
Totals, ....
__
L
14
1,123
2,128 [ 2
3,047
61
18
9
712 1 541
732
356
1,316
770
464
311 j 299
10
55
377 j 652
46
26
. 4
733
82
-
-
8
1
52 1 4
4
4
18
3
8
84
02
[ J) ] ABSTRACT — Ordiuiiicc and Ordnance Stores in possession of Militia, (per Corrected Returns under Special Order No. 2-i,) February/ 6, 186'2.
1
S
s
1
1
1
1
g
&
E
1
.1
1
1
^
2
i
1
s
r
tj
1
8.
o
II
s
•2
1
z
1
i
i.
1
1
1
1
a
o
i
15
3
1
1 1
i '
i 1
1
K
1
1 ^
i
I
si
o
g2
1
s
E
J
t-'s
1
8
t-
.= 1
First Divisionary Corps IndependcE
Second " " "
Ancient and Honorable Arlillerv,
Co. A, Second Batlalion Infantrj',
B, ;; 1' ';
V, Tliird Battalion Rifles,
B, Fourth Itfttlalion Intiintry,
E, Second Kegiiiieiit IntantVy,
F, "
B, Third
E,
G, "
H, "
A, Fourth " "
B, ''^ •• i;
p' ,.
E,
F,
G, "
II, ;■ ;;
A, Fifth
B, •■
i>, ■' •; i;
ii', "
B, Sixth " "
C, "
D, ■■ "
F, "
C. Seventh " '*
E, " " ■;
H, •'
1), Eij-hth '• '1
d', "
E,
F, •■ " ''
h', " " "
A, Kiiith
B,
E,
U,
A, First Battalion Cnvalrj-,
B,
A, Cavalrv, altnclicd to Sccnnc
Cavalry attached to Tliiril Brie
Section Artillerv attached to FourtI
Boston Ligllt AVtillery, .
i Cadets,
Brigade,
aile, .
Brigade,
2
100
1
1
S8
98
220
\
124
100
80
60
60
00
126
100
100
80
GO
GO
GO
1
68
58
1
131
50
11
7
7
a
0
9
3
1
3
3
1
.■i
6
4
1
8
2
136
60
10
13
13
3
3
•z
1
2
8
90
34«
12
4
-
3
3
3
2
1
2
1
2
2
1
10
2
48
15
2
2
1
1
1
5
33
1.M
50
14
12
12
17
1
10
261
1
6
3
1
1
4
1
5
6
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
4
1
5
1
1
5
61
5
3
3
1
2
4
6
1
1
1
1
1
4
2
46
3
3
1
4
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
5
32
100
100
68
42
64
68
18
63
73
68
62
68
68
68
40
G5
64
60
40
48
69
87
43
62
51
28
49
00
G3
78
60
65
60
58
40
66
68
9
73
67
36
72
68
58
40
10
25
29
GO
30
43
60
57
39
62
23
28
45
68
61
60
65
60
68
48
57
16
60
48
72
68
40
53
29
GO
40
33
02
67
43
62
32
28
60
46
47
60
65
00
58
34
6
39
60
34
33
79
68
40
23
30
25
GO
24
23
60
67
30
42
21
28
30
40
60
65
GO
120
100
145
'[
68
42
68
68
8
60
37
24
02
53
33
68
56
30
64
GO
43
58
46
57
43
62
52
27
64
20
71
73
60
57
116
48
68
35
66
58
6
10
47
47
38
72
63
37
29
60
36
60
42
67
3
30
20
28
8
10
63
69
60
66
60
1,345
120
23
46
35
62
64
6
60
43
36
'I
68
37
25
CO
29
43
36
57
3
30
18
28
9
10
60
49
60
66
GO
1,249
100
80
11
43
00
68
12
46
40
64
39
40
49
58
37
25
64
CO
70
40
49
57
29
41
27
30
30
30
46
44
60
65
65
60
1,629
100
20
58
39
58
43
20
3
60
43
28
61
68
681
I
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
I
1
1
2
1
15
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
12
7
3
2
3
4
2
3
4
3
5
36
35
110
SIO
0
241
34
05
90
219
-
37
37
200
180
100
100
680
:
90
188
100
110
:
G
6
2
2
2
2
4
z
2
2
2
2
Totals, ....
-
48.1
704
283
1,877
1,414
1,275
1,097
1,856
488
4
4
4
[ E. ] ABSTRACT^Ordnance and Ordnance Stores issued to Militia, b;i the Master of Ordimnrr. ,/unii,/ lli,- i/mr rndixg December S\sl. ISfi-,'.
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i
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1
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4
1
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11
1
i
1
1
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1
- n
3
1
1
1
1
1
t
li
1
1
1
i
1
1
1
1
s
1
J.
1
J
1
2
i
1
1
II
1
1
1
s
1
,
1
i
s
i
3,
4
i
1
i
1 •
li
i
k
I
is
k|
1
jj
it
3
1,
1
"is
<
k
1
1
<
^1
3!
|5
1
1
1^
i
1
i
i 1
1 1
1
1
Ancient and Honorable Artillery. .
First Divisionary Corps Independent C«<
Second
Co. A, OtUched to Sixth Brigade. .
C, Thinl BattaJion Rifles, .
a] Fourth Battalion Infiinirj-, .
B,
A. Second Regiment Infnntn-. -
1 ;: ^' ^^
E. "
F. "
G. ••
A, Third
K, "
A. Fourth
B. •■
c, ■•
I). '■
F "
g', ;■
E,' ■■ " " '.
&, « •;■ I :
A, Sixth " " !
?: ;: " " :
|M M
A. Seventh " " '.
1 Ml n
A, Eighth i; ;; ■ -
c; ;; ;; '■^ '■
< ;; :: ,'; '■
d. ;: ;; ;; '.
a| First Battalion Cavalry.
Cavalry attached to Second Brigade
Cavalrj- attached to Third Brigade,
Light Artillery, Boston, .
I'irBt Hattalion Cavalry, .
Fourth Battalion Infantry,
Second Hegiment InfantrTi-,
;•
"-
n
68
S9
77
60
60
11
S8
S2
68
60
58
U
2,033
li
60
60
-
61
62
60
68
-
63
m
132
U
60
66
60
60
80
60
63
12
62
77
60
66
60
51
65
52
51
58
52
58
10
OS
68
15
68
132
•liB
58
MKJT
132
:
2
2
2
1
2
i
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
. 2
2
2
2
6
2
2
2
2
3
2
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
6
2
2
6
36
35
12
18
J
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
I
1
1
1
58
:
16
58
16
00
i
66
77
63
15
77
20
12
68
05
71
60
66
00
20
33
17
51
10
i5
68
52
66
71
60
11
11
63
77
20
58
68
13
62
60
12
13
17
68
53
22
68
20
61
60
60
60
60
31
17
63
23
77
60
62
12
58
18
51
1
30
23
02.
60
61
66
60
38
16
18
2^
61
13
52
20
68
62
23
02
60
00
60
13
31
03
15
77
68
60
31
16
10
62
66
28
22
03
76
62
132
23
00
60
00
>00
10
17
30
23
23
77
60
20
68
2«
20
13
75
132
23
66
6S
60
61
86
00
1
12
16
71
63
77
68
60
60
68
10
75
62
60
-
2
2
1-
• 1
1
2
1
1
i
1
2
2
1
1
1
• 1
I
I
1
:
1
1
300
:
160
160
-
:
lOO
62
16
66
100
' :
2
:
60
2,106
:
:
^:
':
-
:
i
:
:
:
\
2,000
907
-
-
-
-
=
— 1
'■■"■
7-18
3,777
""
"
'"
62 66
13
202
»| ,1
103
2,133
2,221 j 2,208
2,259 12,171
2,383 1 2,311
2..8.-
3,011
21 —
7| 600
800 j 210
.63
2.2
2,2 1 2
420 1 2,515
'
^
2 1
6| 1
1, 2l| 17| 11| .
2.000
807
JL
'
[ ]^ ] ABSTRACT — Ordnance and Ordnance Stores received from the Militia, by tlie Master of Ordnance, subsequent to Returns under Special Order No. 23, of February 6, 1862, and to Issues durini/ the Ye
'
a
s
s
1
S
1
1
1
S
,
4
1
1
1
;3
S:
1
S
i
s
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
s
1
h
Si
1
a
1
S
S
i
i
a
si
n
1
II
1 =
1
1
1
1
^
1
1
1
1
s
1
1
^
1
1
i
i
j
< ■
1
1
i
S
1
e
1
?
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il
1"
i
II
II
11
il
fl
i
la
1
fl
1^
II
1
i
■a
1
1
1
"3
1
1
Ancient and Uonorsble Artillery.
Firat Diviaionary Corps Indepeudei
Co. A, attached to Sixth Brigade,
A, Second Battalion Infantry,
B, II II II
C, Third Battalion Rifles, .
A, FoQrtb Battalion Infantry,
A, Second Regiment Infantry,
A,' Fourth
B, "
C, "
n ..
E,
C.' II II *|
E.' II - II
A, Sixth
1 :: :: ::
|,' ;; ; ;;
A, Se^euth
E. ~ ■
H,
A, Eiffhlb - '1
A, Fint Quttalion C«vatn-,
Boston Light Artillery, .
Second R^ment Infantry,
t'Cx
el
i :
:
-
:
':
100
liO
58
42
as
59
«0
60
H
58
00
04
:
-1
12
60
80
60
60
60
58
60
80
00
60
106
120
60
48
76
58
00
' 61
71
52
50
:
:
20
08
40
1S5
2
3
2
2
2
1
2
a
2
2
12
2
IS
1
1
2
1
1
:
134
35
33
2
1
2
r
1
I
1
1
2
2
46
•I
-
:
46
\
54
68
66
55
63
55
60
58
45
06
68
78
135
62
58
58
45
68
72
58
61
66
64
48
75
71
51
61
52
u
05
55
CO
60
58
30
58
59
102
42
60
64
02
01
31
65
61
51
01
48
77
48
78
60
60
04
39
72
48
68
48
40
82
57
53
20
145
60
53
72
62
00
43
55
48
32
50
52
32
39
44
30-
62
55
40
48
lo
45
55
32
50
55
62
50
59
50
50
I
1
I
1
I
!
i
4
-
93
i
1
2
;
2,000
;
:
:
-
]
:
:
y
:
:
■ •:
i,6al
:
=
I1I3J2,80B, Ml |l,U!i i,10? j Ml 327 j 17S 1 Sill 1 254
56 1 52 1 7 1 810 78 . 80 | 52 | 06 | 95
3,648
a,30a 3,262 2.991
8,658
3,083
2,937
3,240 1 3,251
99
24
."
_Jl
10
226
90
172
'
107 2,000
°
^,J
6
°
24 17 1 40 1 1 ]l,629 1 907
—
—
[ G. ] STATEMENT — Ordnance and Ordnance Stores Lost or Destroi/nd by Massaclmsells Volunteer Militia. May. 1, to October 1, 1862.
]
1
1
1
1
1
i
1
f
^
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1
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1
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S
i
1
1
1
5
i
1
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1
1
i
s
1 1
J
1
s
a
1 i'l 1 1
Second Divisionar)- Corps Independ
Co. A, attached to Sixth Brigade,
A, Second Battalion Infantry,
?; " " ::
C, Third Battalion Rifles. .
D, " " '■ .
B, Fourth Battalion Inrantrr.
A, Second Regiment "
E,' ;; ;; ;;
g) "
A, Third
W \-\
A, Fourth " "
1 ^ 11
E, '■ ';
i :: :: :
I, "
A, Fifth "
If I I
H I I
I, »
A, SUth
1 ;; : :
E,'
?■ ;; ;; ::
A, SeTonth
^H"" ;; ;:
g; :: :; ;:
f; ;: ;; ;;
!• :: :; ::
i. Ninth
1 ;; ;: ;:
Bolton Light Artilierr, .
niC
10
_
3
0
2
a
i
10
i
122
57
58
U
68
J7
a
a
5
a
a
a
a
6
1
a
1
1
1
!
1
I
1
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5
8
i
1
0
as
8
<
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SCHEDULE — Ordnance and Ordnance Sfores at the Arsenal in Catn-
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Artillery.
Cannon Locks, unserviceable,
11
Cannon, Bronze, 12-pounder, Rifle,
1
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3
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1
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2
Gunners' Pincers,
6
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1
Spring Punches,
8
" " 24-p'der, "
1
Hatchets,
6
" " 9-p'der, "
1
Hammers, .
5
Eprouvettes, Iron, "
2
Pickaxes,
3
Gun Carriages, 12-pounder, Field,
2
Limber Chest Straps,
2
" " 6-pounder, "
4
Pole Yokes, spare,
4
" " 32-pounder, Pivot,
1
Thumb Stalls, .
15
" " 12-pounder, Truck,
2
Tow Hooks,
1
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2
Vent Punches,
5
Brush Sponges, 32-pounder,
4
Vent Covers,
1
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2
Limber Poles, spare.
7
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1
Copper Lock Aprons, 32 and 18-p'der
3
"Worms, 32-pounder, .
4
Elevating Screws, " " "
3
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2
Copper Dippers, ....
5
" 12-pounder, .
2
" Tunnels, ....
5
" 6-pounder, .
2
Gun Covers, old,
17
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1
Bricoles, " .' .
8
Eammers, 32-pounder,
4
Fuse Wrenches, 8-ki. 6 — 12-p'der 2,
8
" 18-pounder,
2
Linch Pins, spare, . . .
14
Sponges and Rammers, 12-pounder,
4
Wheel Washers, spare,
13
" Staves, 12-pounder,
7
Pole Chains, "
5
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9
Sponge Chains, "
8
" Staves, 6-pounder,
10
Stay Bolts, "
66
" and Ram'rs, 12-p'der, How'r
2
Stay Bolt Keys and Chains, spare,
12
Ladles, 32-pounder,
1
Pole Keys and Chains, "
6
Handspikes, 32-pounder, .
11
Short Swords, ....
24
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2
Belts, buflf, .
1
Tompions, 32-pounder,
2
" " Belts, shr., .
20
" 18-pounder,
1
" " Frogs, .
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" 12-pounder,
2
Sabre Belts, cotton,
3
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2
Harness, sets for 2 wheel horses.
16
Tompion-Straps, 12-pounder,
4
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12
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1
Halters,
55
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1
Leg Guards, ....
24
Linstocks, ....
2
Feed Bags, ....
25
Crow Bars,
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Horse Equipments, sets,
17
Sponge Buckets,
5
Saddles, Grimsley,
1
Cannon Locks, 32 and 18-pounder,
3
Shot, solid, 32-pounder,
3
14 REPORT OF MASTER OF ORDNANCE. [Jan.
Schedule Ordnance and Ordnance Stores — Continued.
Shot, solid, 12-pounder,
9
Appendages and Spare Parts Enfield.
" " 6-pounder,
6,946
Compound Tools, .... 104
" hollow, 32-pounder, .
. 150
Bayonets, .
56
" " 8-inch, .
. 59
Ramrods, .
27
" cannister, 3-2-pounder,
. 50
Cones,
2,694
" " 12-pounder,
. 168
Bullet Moulds, .
307
" " 6-pounder,
4,998
Band Swivels,
. 17
" " 12-p'der, accelerating
, 96
Tang Screws,
119
Shell, 32-pounder,
161
Bayonet Clasps, .
69
" 12-pounder,
572
Lock Screws, front.
117
" 8-inch, ....
. 225
" " rear,
117
Shot, Shenkl, 6-pounder, Eifle, .
50
Hammers, .
26
Shell, " 6-pounder, "
28
Bridle Screws,
145
Shot, James, 12-pounder, "
250
Breech Pins,
1
Shell, " 12-pounder, "
244
Tumbler Screws,
119
" Sawyer, 42-pounder, Rifle,
18
Bridles,
5
. " " 12-pounder, "
44
Sear Screws,
19
6-pounder, "
16
Sear Springs,
109
Cartridge Cjdiuders, 8-inch,
339
Main Springs,
12
" " 12-pounder,
396
Tumblers, .
123
" " 6-pounder,
733
Sear Spring Screws,
105
Fuses for Shell, ....
248
Cone Guards,
27
Friction Primers, quill 29, brass 114
143
Barrels,
1
Cannon Caps, percussion, .
261
Tompions, calibre .577,
74
" Tubes, percussion quill, .
43
Flannel, 3 pieces, yards,
141|
Sjyare Parts Sj^ringfield Rifle, Model 1855.
Sheep Skins, ....
1
Barrels, 13
Slow Match, yards, .
20
Stocks,
Bayonets, .
8
2
■ For Governor and Staff.
Ramrods,
Hammers, .
22
155
Horse Equipments, sets.
5
Tumblers, .
•72
Tumbler Screws,
12
Infantry.
Rear Sights,
11
Small Arms.
Main Springs,
24
Main Spring Swivels,
189
Muskets, Enfield Rifle, calibre .577,
75
Side Screw Washers,
7
' U.S. " " .58,
1
Leaf Sight Spring Screws,
2
' " mod. '42, " .69,
836
Upper Bands,
8
" '41, " .69, .
709
Middle Bands, .
34
' " altered, " .69,
535
Band Springs, .
6
' " at repair shop, .
280
Guard Screws, .
4
' " unserviceable.
640
Tang Screws,
3
" " Flint Lock,
1
Butt Plate Screws,
3
Rifles, Windsor, long Bay'ts, cal. .54
67
Lock Screws, front.
28
" altered to breech load's, "
103
" " rear.
32
" N. Haven, long Bay'ts, "
20
Band Swivels,
3
" H. Ferry, Sabre " "
10
Bayonet Clasp Screws
9
" Target, various
49
Lock Plates,
2
Musket Barrels, old, .
512
Sears,
3
" Stocks, " . . . •'
26
Breech Pins,
3
1863.] HOUSE— No. 3.
Schedule Ordnance and Ordnance Stores — Continued.
15
Magazine Covers, .... 2
Screw Drivers or Cone Wrenches, _ . 822
Tumbler Punches, . . - . .51
Wipers or Worniers, .... 8
Ball Screws, 24
Parts Muskels, Models 1842 and 1841.
Bayonet Clasps, .
Bayonet Clasp Screws,
Middle Bands, .
Upper "
. Lower "
Guards,
Guard Screws, .
Butt Plates,
Butt Plate Screws,
Lock Screw Plates,
Ramrod Springs,
Hammers, .
Ramrods,
Tumblers, .
Tumbler Screws,
Sear Screws,
Bayonets, .
Sears, .
Sear Springs,
Main Springs,
Main Spring Screws,
Tang Screws,
Lock Screws, front,
" " rear.
Locks, 42s 21— 41s 5,
Upper Band Springs,
Middle " "
Lower " "
Bridles,
Bridle Screws, • .
Triggers, .
Trigger Screws, .
Barrels, 42s 32— 41s 8,
Guard Bows and Swivels,
Guard Bow Swivels, .
Guard Bow Nuts,
Stocks,
Rear Sights,
Sear Spring Screws, .
Middle Band Swivels,
Rivets
Guard Plates,
Ramrod Stops, .
Lock Plates,
Guard Bow Swivel Rivets,
82
162
4
86
CO
20
148
28
85
25
34
192
139
221
137
231
71
26
150
174
22
17
165
170
26
30
34
93
2
293
32
32
40
11
57
64
62
68
155
120
93
11
11
9
120
Parts Musktts, Modds 1822 and
Sears, .
Sear Screws,
Sear Springs,
Sear Spring Screws,
Up|)er Bands,
Middle "
Lower "
Main Springs,
Lower Band Springs,
Upper " "
Lock Screw Plates,
Tang Screws,
Lock Screws, front,
" " rear,
Butt Plate Screws,
Butt Plates,
Guards,
Guard Screws,
Lock Plates,
" " with parts attached
Bridles,
Tumblers, .
Band Swivels, .
1834.
00
CIC
62
74
204
169
190
183
188
21
189
43
99
103
260
246
162
294
107
86
31
481
18
Appendages, Mmlcets, various Models.
Spring Vises, fit all, .... 32I
Cone Wrenches, fit 34s, 41s and 42s, 1,238
Ball Screws, " " " " " 185
Wipers, " " " " " 4 159
Cones, fit all U. S 1,559
Tompions, wood, calibre .58, . . 89
" " " .69, . . 200
" rubber, " .69, . .1,130
" ..54, . . 650
Appendages, Windsor Bijies.
Long Bayonets, 89
Cone Wrenches, 65
Ball Screws, 31
Worms, 77
Bullet Moulds, 173
Accoutrements, ^c, <^-c.
Cartridge Boxes, .... 3,331
Cartridge Box Plates, . . . 3,374
" " Belts, . . . .3,133
" " Belt Plates, . . . 2,823
Bayonet Scabbards, 18 inch, . . 5,200
Cap Pouches, 2,586
Waist Belts, 2,527
Waist Belt Plates, . . . .2,627
16 REPORT OP MASTER OF ORDNANCE. [Jan.
Sriicdiile Ordnance and Ordnance Stores — Continued.
2,626
195
1
510
3
388
4,589
5,903
180
392
399
" 1,277
" 3,257
russet, 2,000
" 2.000
Gun Slings,
Bayonet Scabbards, long, .
Cartridge Boxes, English, black,
alt'd,
Cart'ge Box Belts, " "
" alt'd, "
Bayonet Scabbards, Enfield,
" " " English, alt'd, .
It " " . .
Cap or Loading Pouches, Eng'h, bl'k.
Waist Belts with Hooks,
Gun Slings,
Bayonet Scabbard Frogs,
Cartridge Boxes,
Cartridge Box Belts, " '
Cap or Loading Pouches, "
Waist Belts with Hooks, " '
Bayonet Scabbard Frogs, "
Gun Slings,
Non-Comissioned Officers' Swords,
Musicians' Swords — 1, 9, 12,
Sword Belts, shoulder.
Sword Frogs,
Waist Belts and Sabre Plates,
Rifle Waist Belts,
Sabre Baj'onet Scabbards,
Sergeants' Sashes, (at office,)
Percussion Caps,
Bullets, pounds, .
" Elongated, pounds.
Buck Shot,
Gun Sling Hooks with Rivets,
Cartridge Box Buttons with Washers
Drums, Snare,
Drum Sticks, pairs, .
Drum Slings,
Drum Stick Carriages,
Drum, Snare, Strain Screws,
Fifes,
Bugles, ....
Cartridge Boxes, old.
Cartridge Box Plates, "
" Belts. "
» " Belt Plates, "
Cap Pouches, "
Bayonet Scabbards, "
Waist Belts, "
Waist Belt Plates, "
Gun Slings, "
Swords, irreparable, .
Sword Belts, b'ack buff, old,
" " buff, "
1,996
1,999
1,990
2,001
17
22
2
46
22
24
101
18
293,600
871
6
4
1,811
14
33
40
30
3
36
10
4
2,909
2,498
2,622
1,701
2,143
2,609
2,120
1,682
2,534
7
64
98
Sword Belts, bufT parts.
12
Standard Belts, old, ....
3
Drums, Snare, unserviceable.
8
Boarding Pikes,
85
Flag Staves,
1
Standard Boxes, ....
11
Arm Chests, Enfield, empty.
170
" U.S., "
574
Equipment Cases, " . .
200
Cavalry.
Horse Pistols,
26
Repeating Pistols and App's, Savage
Co.'s,
180
Repeating Pistols, Colt's Army, .
11
" " " Navy, .
4
Screw Drivers for Colt's Pistols,
9
Bullet Moulds " " "
12
Holsters,
78
" unserviceable.
6
Sabres, poor, ....
2
" broken, ....
8
Sabre Belts, new,
1
" " old, unserviceable.
3
Miscellaneous.
Emery Cloth, quires, .
13
Emery, pounds.
. 52
Cartridge Paper, "
1,050
Wax,
50
Lead,
. 122
Nails,
."^200
Cotton Waste, boxes.
3
(junners' Haversacks, old, .
1
Halters, "
. 25
Sp'ge and Ram'r Staves, 12-p'der, old
4
a u « u 6-p'der, "
33
Worms, 3-p'der, "
4
Worms and Ladles, 3-p'der, "
3
Worms, 6-p'der, "
3
Worms and Rammers, 6-p'der, "
4
Worms and Ladles, 6-p'der, "
13
Handspikes, old.
8
Linstocks, "
3
Gunners' Quadrants, "
4
Tangent Scales, "
. 17
Fuse Mallets, "
6
" Gouges, "
a
" Extractors, "
5
" Setters, "
9
" Screws, "
8
" Saws, "
1
1863.]
Sch
SE- 1,
and Ordnance Stores — Continued.
Crow Bars, oiu,
6
Plug Reamers, "
1
Prolonges, "
7
Pick "Axes, "
6
Tar Buckets, "
6
Port Fire Cases, "
39
Shot Gauges, "
20
Am'n Boxes, Musket Cart'ge, eiiipty
194
" " 6-p der Cannis'r, '
119
" " 6-p'der Shenkl, "
9
" " 5-inch Shell,
"
2
Am'n Boxes, Bullet, empty, 33
Powder Barrels, " 7
" Kegs, " 6
Chests for Horse Equipments, " 11
" " Stores, " 2
Received via. Washington^ from some Regi-
ment unknown.
Brass Band Instruments,
Bass Drum,
15
1
HE PORT C
J.
[Jan.
SCHEDULR — Tools and Appurtenances at Arsenal in Cambridge,
December 3\, 1862.
Blocks with Fall Kopes, sets,
Window Jacks,
Wheel "
Screw "
Platform Scale,
Spring Balance,
Force Pump,
Hose, feet, .
Copper Ammunition Chest
" Adze,
" Pan,
" Measures,
Hand Cart,
Wheel Barrow,
Hand Barrows,
Hand Truck,
Paper-Cutting Machine,
Knives for do.
Minie Ball Gauge,
Ensign, . .
Ensigns, unserviceable.
Ensign Halliards, set,
Bullet Moulds, large,
" Swedges,
Paint Brushes, new,
" " in use.
Whitewash Brushes,
Horse Brushes, .
Polishing Brushes,
Hand Brushes, .
Tin Cans, for oils, spir
Oil Feeders,
Hay Rakes,
Iron "
Weed Cutter,
Foot Lathes,
Lathe Rests,
Lathe Rest Holder,
Emery Wheels, .
Brush Wheel,
Bench Vises,
Hand "
Breech "
Anvil,
Ladders,
Step Ladders,
•its, &c..
3
Stoves, with tixtures, &c., .
3
1
C'jal Sieve,
1
?.
Files, assorted
38
1
Rasps,
2
1
Riveting Hammers, . . . .
10
1
Cla vv Kammers,
6
1
Crow Bars,
7
25
Shovels, D handled, . . . .
4
1
" long handled.
4
1
Water Buckets, leather,
2
1
" wood.
14
2
Cleaning Boxes, . . . .
20
1
Door Mat,
1
1
Flag Staff, spare, . . . .
1
4
Spring Punches, . . . .
2
1
Tape Measures, 75 feet.
1
1
Hand Baskets,
6
3
Stone Roller with Iron Frame, .
1
1
Axes, handled, ....
5
1
Grindstone, mounted,
1
4
Monkey Wrench,
1
1
Scythes,
2
16
Scythe Stone, ....
1
21
Screw Drivers, ....
8
2
" " brace, .
2
7
Callipers, large, ....
1
2
Scissors, pairs, ....
2
8
Lantern,
1
96
Kerosene Lamp, with fixtures, .
1
6
Bayonet Reamers,
4
13
Breech Screw Wrenches, .
3
6
Hand Drill, with Frame and Screw,
1
7
Drills,
7
3
Centre Punch, ....
1
1
Tap and Die Wrenches,
7
2
Steel Taps, .....
5
2
" Dies, pairs.
3
1
Tongs,
3
14
Iron Brand, "Mass."
1
1
" " " State of Mass." .
1
7
Steel Stamps, " Mass."
2
3
" Figures, 1 to 10, sets.
2
1
Brass Stencils, Alphabet, sets, .
2
1
" " Figures, "
3
7
" " " State of Mass."
1
3
" " "Mass. Battery, &c.
1
18,
ana Appurlpuances — Concluded.
Pincers, pairs,
3
Try Sq' are, 1
Nippers, " . • •
1
Smooihing Plane,
1
Hollow Steel Punch, .
1
Fore "
1
Chipping Chisels, snic'*!,
6
Sliort Jointer Planes, .
2
Cold "
5
Match " r
air.
1
Brooms, ....
. 15
Splitting Gauge,
1
Hatchots, ....
1
Drawing Knife, .
1
Mallets, ....
}
Framing Chisel, .
1
Cartridge Former Knives, .
. 21
Firmer Chisels, .
4
" Formers, calibre .09,
. 27
Hammer,
1
" " " .58,
■:%
Hatchet,
1
Foniier Boxes, .
. .^7
Brace,
1
Tin Greasing Frames,
. 10
Bits,
18
Spirit Lamp Grease Heater,
1
Files,
7
Dripping Pan,
1
Spirit Level,
1
Bmidling Blocks,
. 10
Monkey Wrench,
1
Cutting Board, .
. . 1
Nut Wrenchers, .
2
" Rule,
1
Screw Drivers, .
2
Iron Scoop,
1
Expanding Boring Bit
1
Ink Stand and Sand Box, each,
1
Gouges,
3
Paper Cutter,
1
Oil Stone, .
1
Receipt Books, .
3
Pliers, pairs,
1
Day "...
2
Compasses, pairs,
1
Ledgers, ....
3
Putty Knife,
i
Ordnance Manual,
1
Oil Feeder,
Hand Gauge,
1
1
Carpenter'' s Tools.
Small Grind.stone,
1
Back Saws,
4
Glue Pot, .
1
Hand " ...
5
Bevel,
1
Panel " ...
1
Saw Set, .
1
Sweep " ...
2
Sledge Hammers,
2
Steel Square,
1
[Q.]
SOHED ULE — Munitions at Magazine, Captain's Island, Dec. 31, 1862,
Cartridges
Minie Ball, calibre
.57,
5,000
Cartridges, Blank, calibre .69,
55,320
"
Entield,
.57,
352
" Savage Co.'s Revolver,
43,000
i(
Elong'd Ball, "
.54,
" Colt's Revolver, .
426
Percussioned,
4,000
" 12-pounder Cannon,
60
((
Spherical Ball, cal.
.54,
" 6-pounder "
34
Percussioned,
424
Powder, Cannon, 1 keg, pounds, .
25
(1
Conical Ball, cal're
.69,
20,000
" I^ifl^' 8 kegs, ) .^^^3 .
" " 1 baiTel, 5
240
((
Ball and Buck, "
.69,
Percussioned,
76,880
Empty Powder Kegs,
95
%
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